A Dart in a Boy's Eye May Have Unleashed This Legendary Massacre 350 Years Ago By Owen Jarus Archaeologists have uncovered a 350-year-old massacre in Alaska that occurred during a war that may have started over a dart game.
In Photos: Evidence of a Legendary Massacre in Alaska By Owen Jarus Tens of thousands of artifacts and the remains of 28 human bodies reveal details of a massacre in the village of Nunalleq.
8 Archaeological Sites That Jesus May have Visited By Owen Jarus Here's a look at some of the more interesting places the historical Jesus may have set foot in, and what he was doing there.
Jesus Wasn't the Only Man to Be Crucified. Here's the History Behind This Brutal Practice. By Laura Geggel The most famous crucifixion in the world took place when, according to the New Testament, Jesus was put to death by the Romans. But he was far from the only person who perished on the cross.
Sonar Anomaly Leads to Discovery of 500-Year-Old Shipwreck in North Sea By Tom Metcalfe The wreck was filled with a trove of copper.
Here's What Scotland's Dogs Looked Like 4,500 Years Ago By Laura Geggel The re-created, three-dimensional face of a dog that lived 4,500 years ago in Scotland is so realistic, you almost want to reach out and pet its thick fur.
This Slave in Ancient Rome Became the Empire’s Chariot-Racing Superstar By Mindy Weisberger What made Roman chariot racing so exciting — and dangerous?
In Notre Dame Fire, Echoes of the 1837 Blaze That Destroyed Russia's Winter Palace By Paul W. Werth After the building that symbolized 'all that is Russian' went up in flames, the czar scrambled to restore it to its former glory.
Engineers Just Uncovered 26 'Ritually Buried' Skeletons While Digging a Pipeline in England By Brandon Specktor The burials suggest they were human sacrifices.
'Holy Stairs' Opened for 1st Time in Nearly 300 Years. But Did Jesus Really Climb Them? By Owen Jarus Legend has it that Jesus walked up the steps in Jerusalem on his way to trial, before his crucifixion.
Was King David Truly a Powerful King? By Owen Jarus The Hebrew Bible tells numerous stories about King David but there's very little archaeological evidence linked to his existence.
Revolution, Napoleon and Now Fire: What Paris' Iconic Notre Dame Cathedral Has Endured By Stephanie Pappas Today's inferno is not the first time that the Notre Dame Cathedral has been in dire straits.
The Historic Notre Dame Cathedral Is on Fire By Yasemin Saplakoglu Photos and videos circulating around Twitter show the horrid scene
Leonardo Da Vinci Was Ambidextrous, Handwriting Analysis Shows By Mindy Weisberger The famously left-handed artist was all right as a righty.
This Newfound Extinct Human Lineage Also Mated with Modern Humans By Charles Q. Choi An entirely new lineage of the mysterious human relatives called Denisovans has been discovered.
Dragons: A Brief History of the Mythical, Fire-Breathing Beasts By Benjamin Radford We've known for a very long time that dragons aren't real, but we're still enamored by them.
The First Cave Art from the Balkans May Date Back 30,000 Years By Megan Gannon In a first, archaeologists have discovered Upper Paleolithic cave paintings in the Balkans.
New Species of Early Human Is Even Smaller Than the 'Hobbit' By Laura Geggel The ancient bones and teeth of a previously unknown human relative — one that was even smaller than the so-called Hobbit — have been discovered deep in a cave on an island in the Philippines.
Photos: Newfound Ancient Human Relative Discovered in Philippines By Laura Geggel The newfound hominin Homo luzonensis lived about 67,000 years ago in what is now the Philippines.
Cherokee Wrote Backward Messages in Cave to Speak to the Spirit World By Laura Geggel Nearly 200 years ago, Cherokee gathered inside a cave in Alabama and, using their newly minted alphabet, wrote ceremonial messages onto the walls and ceiling, a new study finds.
