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Possible Viking Settlement in Canada Revealed in Satellite Images
April 01, 2016 | ArticleWith the help of detailed satellite images, scientists have uncovered what may be a previously unknown Viking settlement in Newfoundland, Canada, news sources report.
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Tutankhamun: The Life & Death of the Boy Pharaoh
April 01, 2016 | ReferenceTutankhamun, popularly known as King Tut, was an Egyptian pharaoh more than 3,000 years ago.
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'Extraordinary Find': Rare Religious Text Written in Lost Etruscan Language
April 01, 2016 | ArticleA rare text is discovered at an Etruscan site in northern Italy.
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Photos: More than 40 Tombs Discovered in Upper Egypt
March 31, 2016 | Image AlbumTens of family tombs have been discovered dating to the 18th and 18th Dynasty at Gebel el Silsila in Upper Egypt. Check out these images of the ancient Egyptian tombs and a shrine.
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42 Tombs and a Shrine Discovered in Egypt
March 31, 2016 | ArticleForty-two rock-cut tombs and a shrine decorated with a winged sun disc have been found along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt.
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Homo Floresiensis: Facts About the 'Hobbit'
March 30, 2016 | ReferenceHomo floresiensis, a diminutive hominin dubbed the hobbit, lived about 17,000 years ago on a remote Indonesian island.
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Image Gallery: A Real-Life Hobbit
March 30, 2016 | Image AlbumThe remains of a small-statured, 3-foot-tall, adult hominid nicknamed the hobbit lived in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores. Take a photo journey to see how scientists have been digging up the past lives of these hobbits.
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Experts Doubt Claims of 'Hidden Chambers' in King Tut's Tomb
March 29, 2016 | ArticleThis month, the Egyptian antiquities released radar images they said were evidence of hidden chambers within King Tut's tomb that may hide Queen Nefertiti. Now outside experts cast doubt on the claims and are calling for more data to be released.
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Big Blasts: History's 10 Most Destructive Volcanoes
March 28, 2016 | CountdownTheir explosive power and tons of debris have wreaked havoc on the Earth since the world began.
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Colon Cancer Found in 18th-Century Hungarian Mummy
March 25, 2016 | ArticleTissue samples from a Hungarian mummy have revealed that people in the early 17th and 18th centuries suffered from colon cancer, long before the modern plagues of obesity, physical inactivity and processed food were established as causes of the disease.
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