Jonestown, the site in Guyana where more than 900 followers of cult leader Jim Jones died in a mass murder-suicide in 1978, ...

The wreck of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese treasure ship seized by pirates in 1721, has been identified near ...

Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

These Wild West mining towns were once bustling outposts with plenty of bars, brothels, and hotels — until their mines dried up.

Statues of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut were broken during antiquity to deactivate their supernatural powers, new study says.

In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold embalmed human organs removed from the body during mummification.

At the site of a Roman encampment from the Marcomannic Wars, archaeologists in South Moravia found a soldier's bronze wrist purse.

Like many musicians, Luther Vandross had his vices. While other performers often turned to drugs or alcohol, however, Vandross’ Achilles’ heel was junk food. Tragically, his self-proclaimed “obsession ...

Scientists built a primitive canoe using only tools and methods available during the Stone Age to see if they could complete the 140-mile journey early humans made 30,000 years ago.

A 700-year-old gold ring found by a treasure hunter at Pustý hrad castle in Zvolen, Slovakia features a sapphire from Sri Lanka.

Ball's Pyramid, located between New Zealand and Australia in the Pacific Ocean, is the tallest volcanic sea stack in the world.

Archaeologists in Turkey have announced the discovery of a massive library in the ancient city of Stratonikeia. Excavations have been ongoing for the past five years, and now researchers have mapped ...