History Archive
04 February 2013, 02:23 PM ET
No worries — the two species still likely had sex, researchers say.
04 February 2013, 05:42 AM ET
Analysis suggests that a battle-bruised skeleton is the lost king.
03 February 2013, 09:17 PM ET
The skull image is the first released photo of what may be the remains of the unlucky English monarch.
01 February 2013, 02:59 PM ET
This ancient city in modern-day Bolivia is almost 13,000 feet above sea level. Only a small portion of the ruins have been excavated.
31 January 2013, 02:43 PM ET
The Aztec conquest of the ancient city of Xaltocan may have radically changed the genetic landscape of the region
31 January 2013, 02:20 PM ET
DNA evidence may shed light on whether the Otomi people who lived in Xaltocan fled before the Aztec conquest or became assimilated.
28 January 2013, 05:17 PM ET
This ancient Greek sanctuary had the first stadium ever constructed, and housed a giant statue of Zeus — one of the ancient Wonders of the World.
28 January 2013, 02:03 PM ET
A historian has finally identified the mysterious speechless patient whose brain enabled Paul Broca to pinpoint the brain regions responsible for language
28 January 2013, 12:00 PM ET
A speechless 19th century patient who helped scientists uncover the brain region responsible for language has been identified.
25 January 2013, 03:11 PM ET
Scientists may be one step closer to revealing a hidden portrait behind a 380-year-old Rembrandt painting.
24 January 2013, 05:10 PM ET
Three 2,000-year-old mummies come to life in new reconstructions.
24 January 2013, 03:26 PM ET
A female mummy was given an elaborate hairstyle before her burial 2,000 years ago.
24 January 2013, 03:12 PM ET
Finding may overturn previous notions about human ancestors' diets.
22 January 2013, 02:48 PM ET
Where should the bones of a lost monarch rest?
22 January 2013, 02:48 PM ET
At the center of the gun control debate, few things are as hotly disputed in the United States as the Constitution's Second Amendment.
21 January 2013, 01:05 PM ET
Now under attack by Islamist extremists, this city in Mali has a rich tradition of scholarship and trade.
21 January 2013, 12:13 PM ET
Collection focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history & the politics of pornography.
21 January 2013, 09:09 AM ET
A tiny tumor with teeth hidden inside is the first example of this bizarre condition in the ancient world.
21 January 2013, 08:53 AM ET
Remains of a 1,500-year-old corpse of a Roman woman showed an odd tumor embedded with teeth.
18 January 2013, 03:43 PM ET
From a drunk Andrew Johnson to the speech that killed William Henry Harrison, we bring you the lowdown on the weirdest presidential inaugurations in U.S. history
18 January 2013, 01:44 PM ET
After storms lashed Scotland over the holidays, some strange World War II-era relics turned up on the country's chilly coast.
18 January 2013, 12:29 PM ET
After storms lashed Scotland over the holidays, decades-old lard and bunker blocks were revealed along the coast.
16 January 2013, 09:59 AM ET
Storms that hit Scotland's Shetland Islands revealed what may be 2,000-year-old human remains, archaeologists say.
15 January 2013, 04:06 PM ET
Archaeologists have unearthed a nearly 5,000-year-old cache of shaman's crystals and magnetic rocks.
15 January 2013, 01:22 PM ET
Archaeologists have missed the signs, researcher says.
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