Band of Brothers follows the men of Easy Company, a real U.S. Army unit that fought in Europe during World War II — but how ...

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

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

In 1882, the British Museum acquired a clay tablet that had been discovered in southern Iraq, not far from the ancient city ...

Pokémon, a combination of the words "Pocket Monsters," began with a Japanese game designer by the name of Satoshi Tajiri. Tajiri, a fan of anime who grew up collecting various insects and amphibians, ...

In today’s world, there’s plenty of jockeying over who is the richest person alive. But no one today can hold a candle to the net worth of Mansa Musa, an incredibly wealthy 14th-century Malian ruler.

In 2013, the trial of Jodi Arias captivated America. The petite young woman was accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in an extremely gruesome fashion. Not only that, but her trial ...

Throughout the 17th century, Europe was repeatedly ravaged by war. The Thirty Years’ War, for instance, raged across Central Europe and claimed some 8 million lives. Towns across the region were ...

In 2010, a man named Larry Ray moved into his daughter’s dorm at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. He befriended her roommates, enchanting them with tales about his time in the U.S. Marine Corps and ...

Neal’s Yard Dairy, a cheese retailer based in London, was recently robbed of more than 20 tons of cheddar in a sophisticated scam. After the company was approached by a fraudster posing as a ...

Locals in the Mexican state of Campeche had always suspected that there were Maya ruins hidden beneath their feet. But it took a curious archaeologist — and a creative usage of LiDAR technology — to ...