In addition to their unprecedented historical importance, the Dead Sea Scrolls are archaeological marvels. First discovered in 1946 by a shepherd in the Qumran Caves of the Judaean desert, this ...

In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted near Naples, Italy. It was traditionally thought that the disaster happened in August of that year, but recent evidence has shown it probably occurred in October or ...

Ettore Boiardi introduced a generation of Americans to spaghetti. His canned ravioli fed millions. And he has one of the most recognizable faces in the food industry. Yet few know the man behind the ...

Setting world records is nothing new to Art Weston, but his most recent catch — a 153-pound alligator gar — might be one of his most impressive. The seasoned angler holds 80 world records with the ...

So many prospectors flocked to San Francisco during the gold rush in California that the city's population rose from 1,000 to 25,000 between 1848 and 1849. The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in ...

In 2022, an archaeological excavation in the small town of Creuzier-le-Neuf, just north of Vichy, France, revealed an ancient Celtic necropolis. After three years of meticulous conservation work, ...

Nearly 200 years ago, students at a private high school in Gorham, Maine, recorded small moments of their lives in handwritten notes and sketches, offering a peek into the teens’ budding romances, ...

Life definitely wasn’t easy in the Middle Ages. It was a period of history characterized by mass population decline and an explosion of violence that ended around 1450 A.D., which marked the beginning ...

“To live like we are supposed to, we need to listen to our blood, so to speak. Our paganism is in our blood, and to be able to create a positive and meaningful civilization in the future, on the ruins ...

At first, April 19, 1995 seemed like a normal day at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hundreds of federal employees and contract workers entered their offices in the ...

After more than three decades of excavation efforts in the ancient site of Bethsaida in the Golan Heights, archaeologists have unearthed something miraculous: a city gate that dates back to the time ...

The discovery was made near the remains of a mummified adult lion, which was found underneath the Saqqara necropolis in 2004.