Centuries-old secret passageways detailed in Leonardo da Vinci's sketches were just found under Milan's Sforza Castle.

The 1904 Olympics were the first to take place in the United States, and they established the tradition of awarding gold, ...

The octagonal-shaped tomb depicts tales with some very grim details, indicating that life definitely wasn't easy at the time.

Wild Bill Hickok died on August 2, 1876, in Deadwood, South Dakota, after he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall. Wild Bill Hickok’s death during a poker game was a fitting end for a man ...

Restoration workers at St. Andreas Church in Eisleben, Germany have uncovered a surprising find 400 years in the making. Inside the leg of a statue, they found four bags stuffed with coins dating back ...

In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum — and everyone within them — in ash. But more than 1,000 years before that, when Bronze Age villages ...

The Hope Diamond is not named because it inspires hope. Instead, the famous gemstone was named after a British gem collector. And the diamond itself has a tumultuous history full of death, tragedy, ...

On a spring day in 2003, Rachel Corrie set out with a mission in mind. Clutching a bullhorn and wearing an orange jacket, she joined several other activists in the Gaza Strip to protest the Israeli ...

In the markets of Vietnam, researchers have identified a new species of giant isopod that astonishingly mirrors one of pop culture’s most iconic villains: Darth Vader. Named Bathynomus vaderi in honor ...

The Aztec deity Xolotl was seen as the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god linked with life and light. In many ways, Xolotl was Quetzalcoatl’s opposite. He was associated with ...

Stunning medieval wall paintings inside France’s Angers Cathedral remained hidden for centuries. But now, for the first time, conservators from the University of Cambridge’s Hamilton Kerr Institute ...