Centuries-old secret passageways detailed in Leonardo da Vinci's sketches were just found under Milan's Sforza Castle.
The octagonal-shaped tomb depicts tales with some very grim details, indicating that life definitely wasn't easy at the time.
During renovations at St. Andreas Church in Eisleben, workers uncovered 816 coins hidden inside a statue during the Thirty ...
Recently, researchers Olena Veremeychyk and Olga Antowska-GorÄ…czniak took a closer look at eight medieval discs discovered ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Henry Hill’s death in June 2012 marked the end of one of America’s most compelling mob stories. His life inspired Goodfellas, one of the top gangster films of all time. The movie depicts Hill’s ...