Other memorable names from the Golden Age of Hollywood include Cary Grant, James Stewart, James Dean, Gregory Peck, Grace ...

After reading about the coin hoard in Poland uncovered by a father and son, discover the story of the Defenestration of ...

Winters (in real life blond, but played by the red-haired Damian Lewis in the TV show), was born on January 21, 1918, in New ...

The object has archaeologists stumped. It’s made with bamboo, a plant that is not native to Switzerland (but was introduced ...

Nineteen-year-old Brandon Swanson was on his way home to Marshall, Minnesota for spring break in 2008 when he slid into a ditch and called his parents for help — but he was never seen again. In the ...

In a surprising twist, a book that was loaned out in 1973 has finally returned to its original home at the Worcester Public Library in Massachusetts. The 1899 copy of The Early Work of Aubrey ...

Some 15,800 years ago, an Ice Age civilization thrived in present-day Germany. At a site in Gönnersdorf, they built dwellings, produced objects like weapons and jewelry, and documented the world ...

In one of the most harrowing moments of Band of Brothers, Lynn D. “Buck” Compton sees two of his fellow soldiers lose their legs during intense shelling in Episode 7, “The Breaking Point.” Face to ...

In an archaeological discovery that’s been decades in the making, researchers have uncovered new evidence related to a storied episode from Norway’s medieval history. Recent excavations at Sverresborg ...

The famous golden death mask of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun likely wasn’t made for him, according to a new study. A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s mask by researchers from the University ...