Czar's Booze Discovered on Ship Sunk by a U-Boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917 By Tom Metcalfe Hundreds of bottles of cognac and Benedictine liqueur have been salvaged from a ship sunk by a German U-boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917.
What If the Berlin Wall Had Not Fallen in 1989? By All About History Thirty years ago this November, the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Cold War — but what would have happened if East and West remained divided?
Battle-Scarred Viking Shield-Maiden Gets Facial Reconstruction for First Time By Brandon Specktor Scientists reconstructed the face of a battle-scarred Viking shield-maiden for the first time ever.
The Catholic Church Made You 'Weird.' That's Not a Bad Thing. By Stephanie Pappas The policies of the medieval Catholic clergy may be responsible for modern psychology in the West.
Ancient Ape with 'Human Legs' and 'Orangutan Arms' Moved Like No Other Creature on Earth By Charles Q. Choi This weird locomotion has never been seen until now.
17th-Century Tunnel Decorated with Pre-Hispanic Carvings Discovered in Mexico By Yasemin Saplakoglu Archaeologists have uncovered a 17th-century tunnel filled with indigenous rock carvings in the city of Ecatepec in Mexico.
Inside Ancient Egyptian Cat Mummy, Archaeologists Find the Remains of 3 Cats By Yasemin Saplakoglu Scans of the inside of an ancient cat mummy revealed that the 2,500-year-old feline supposedly resting within wasn't a single animal.
Ancient 70-Mile-Long Wall Found in Western Iran. But Who Built It? By Owen Jarus Archaeologists have identified the remains of a stone wall in Iran about the length of the famous Hadrian's Wall that was built across England by the Romans.
Centuries-Old 'Witch Marks' in Hidden Cave Can Finally Be Seen ... in 3D By Mindy Weisberger A cave that held hundreds of carved medieval wards against evil was inaccessible to the public — until now.
Ötzi the Iceman's Unfortunate Last Journey Possibly Uncovered By Stephanie Pappas The mummified body of Ötzi the Iceman was discovered alongside 75 different species of mosses and liverworts, some of which he carried with him.
Jesus Painting Bound for the Dump Is Lost Renaissance Masterpiece Worth $27 Million By Brandon Specktor A 13th-century painting that hung over an elderly French woman's hot plate for years has sold at auction for $26.8 million.
Medical Students May Have Secretly Practiced on Human Bodies Found in 19th-Century Burial in Scotland By Tom Metcalfe
Assyrian Tablets Contain Earliest Written Record of Aurora’s Sky Glow By Mindy Weisberger Cuneiform tablets from ancient Assyria dating to 679 B.C. contain the earliest written record of an aurora.
History of Halloween By Benjamin Radford Halloween has its roots in a pagan harvest festival, while different traditions were added throughout the years.
Mystery of 15th-Century Bayeux Tapestry Solved By Stephanie Pappas The Bayeux Tapestry's real home base has been identified in the Bayeux Cathedral in Normandy.
Medieval Scottish Man Who Died 600 Years Ago Was Short and Balding, with Bad Teeth and Back Problems By Mindy Weisberger Archaeologists have reconstructed the weathered face of a middle-age man who died more than 600 years ago and was buried in Aberdeen, Scotland.
World’s Most Expensive Painting, Allegedly by Da Vinci, Could Reappear in the Louvre This Week By Yasemin Saplakoglu It's unlikely, but not impossible, that "Salvator Mundi" will be at the Louvre's upcoming da Vinci exhibition,
Bringing Ancient Mesopotamia to Life By All About History How building a narrative around ancient artifacts is bringing Mesopotamia to life.
Why Witches Are Usually Women By Bridget Marshall From the Salem witch trials to today's "witch hunts," women are front and center because they are considered powerless and more easily swayed by demons.
The World's Oldest Pearl Was Just Discovered on an Island in the Persian Gulf By Yasemin Saplakoglu The pearl dates back 8,000 years to the Neolithic period — the last stage of the Stone Age
