Ancient cultic area for warrior-god uncovered in Iraq By Owen Jarus A 5,000-year-old cultic area dedicated to a Mesopotamian warrior god has been discovered in an ancient city in Iraq.
UFO 'invasion' of NATO war games revealed in 'Project Blue Book' season finale By Mindy Weisberger UFO sightings during NATO war games in 1952 set the stage for the season finale of "Project Blue Book," the History channel's series about the U.S.' real-life UFO-hunting program.
20 of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history By Owen Jarus, All About History Disease outbreaks have ravaged humanity from prehistory to modern times, sometimes changing the course of history and even wiping out entire civilizations.
Ancient Maya kingdom with pyramid discovered in southern Mexico By Grant Currin The kingdom has the remains of a temple and unique stone carvings.
Explorers find Cold War-era submarine wreck off the coast of Oahu By Tom Metcalfe A team of explorers have found the wreck of a United States Navy submarine that sank more than 60 years ago in deep water near the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Ice age 'house' made from bones of more than 60 mammoths mystifies archaeologists By Laura Geggel The structure was made from the bones of ice age animals, including mammoths.
Spanish flu: The deadliest pandemic in history By All About History Over 100 years ago, a killer strain of the influenza virus infected over a third of the world's population.
Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery By Tom Metcalfe Powerful storms on Scotland's Orkney Islands exposed ancient human remains in a Pictish and Viking cemetery.
Lindisfarne: The 'Holy Island' where Vikings spilled the 'blood of saints' By Owen Jarus Reference article: Facts about Lindisfarne.
Bones found in a church are earliest verified remains of an English saint By Mindy Weisberger Experts recently identified bones found behind a wall in a British church as the remains of a Kentish princess and one of England's first female saints.
Rare first edition of Isaac Newton's groundbreaking book found in Corsica By Laura Geggel The book was "hidden in the upper shelves."
Student discovers 5,000-year-old sword hidden in Venetian monastery By Tom Metcalfe A keen-eyed archaeology student made the find of a lifetime when she spotted one of the oldest swords on record, mistakenly grouped with medieval artifacts in a secluded Italian monastery.
Long-lost bunker belonging to 'Churchill's secret army' discovered in Scottish forest By Brandon Specktor Forestry workers discovered a lost WWII-era bunker in the woods of Scotland. Experts believe it once housed Britain's most secretive, and suicidal, military force.
20 amazing women in science and math By Live Science Staff Some were hailed in their lifetime, others died unrecognized, but all were amazing.
Rare tile of mythical beast discovered in 14th-century cesspit By Laura Geggel The treasures include a gold-plated ring and a rare medieval tile depicting a mythical creature.
Maya warrior queen may have built the longest 'white road' in the Yucatán By Tom Metcalfe A ruthless Maya warrior queen may have ordered the building of an elaborate road more than 1,000 years ago to invade a distant city and to counter the rising power of another.
Titanic's iconic telegraph 'voice' may be recovered. But some say the salvager is a 'greedy treasure hunter.' By Tom Metcalfe Frantic distress messages were sent over the machine after the cruise liner slammed into an iceberg in 1912.
Hello kitty! Leopard face reconstructed from ancient Egyptian sarcophagus By Mindy Weisberger Archaeologists have reconstructed part of a colorful leopard painting that decorated the lid of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus.
The Gregorian calendar: Why we have Leap years and April Fools' Day By Robert Coolman The Gregorian calendar — used by most of the world — was introduced to fix errors in the Julian calendar mostly having to do with leap years.
'Rusty lump' turns out to be 2,000-year-old silver dagger used by Roman soldier By Laura Geggel It's rare to find daggers in Roman graves, as these soldiers weren't buried with weapons.
