History

About 100 volcanoes dating to the Jurassic era were recently discovered buried under the basins of central Australia.

Researchers have uncovered new details of a hidden image buried within Leonardo da Vinci's painting "The Virgin of the Rocks."

Archaeologist says she's in academic purgatory, observing from a distance as Syria burns, unable to help protect its history or its present.

A stash of ancient amulets is seeing the light of day, now that archaeologists in Pompeii have unearthed the treasures from under a pile of ash dating to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

Grave robbers are usually a determined bunch, but for the past 3,400 years, unsavory burglars have managed to miss two ancient burial chambers just outside of Corinth, Greece.

Archaeologists excavating the scene of the most infamous clan massacre in Scottish history have unearthed parts of a 'lost village' in the Highlands valley of Glencoe.

Ancient sailors courted adventure and risked death on the Aegean Sea, as shown in five 2,000-year-old shipwrecks and a giant, granite anchor pole found near the Greek island of Levitha.

Previous research had suggested that high-altitude regions such as Tibet and the Andes were among the last places peopled by humans.

There was likely no shortage of ale and good cheer at a recently unearthed Viking drinking hall, discovered in northern Scotland.

The bronze bell is a religious relic that may be 1,000 years old.

Archaeologists discovered dozens of bodies in coffin-like stone boxes called cists.

No one knew this bust featured Alexander the Great, until now.

Hieroglyphic inscription may overturn view of the Maya.

Nearly 80 years ago, the USS Grunion submarine sank on its inaugural mission during World War II, taking the lives of 70 sailors with it as it plunged to the bottom of the Pacific.

While some media outlets have suggested they were a teenage couple, that idea hasn't been confirmed.

Jesus is said to have healed a blind man and split bread at this holy site.