Pet cats are a relatively new addition to the Americas. While this part of the world does have plenty of wild cats – from ...

Swedish archaeologists are studying a rare discovery from a 16th-century shipwreck near Stockholm, hoping it will shed light ...

It could take years for archaeologists to properly excavate and preserve the delicate wooden vessel, which likely became ...

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Explorer Vasco da Gama sailed his four ships into the Indian Ocean ... in the early 16th century and mounted in Naples, c. 1640) and exotic animals.