New research shows that swords forged in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 19th century were made by local craftspeople and not imported from Europe, as some experts had speculated.

Throughout the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the early years of the Gilded Age, Thomas Nast used his political cartoons published in Harper's Weekly to satirize current events, expose corruption, and ...

Drought struck British India after a failed monsoon season in 1876, leaving crops withering in the fields and sending food prices soaring. When the drought extended through the next summer, millions ...

When the Mongols attacked the Russian town of Yaroslavl in 1238, almost nobody was spared. Hundreds were slaughtered brutally and dumped into mass graves as the town was completely sacked. Nearly 800 ...

The death of Johnny Cash, the legendary “Man in Black,” marked the end of an era for country music. He passed away on Sept. 12, 2003, at the age of 71 after battling complications from diabetes. The ...

Caterpillars are remarkable creatures, but a particular species newly identified in the journal Science might just take the cake for strangeness. Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar species ...

Scientists in Thailand have discovered the fossilized remains of a Bryde’s whale. The skeleton was not only remarkably well preserved, but nearly 40 feet long — and potentially as old as 5,000 years.

Hoping to sell an ancient Roman mosaic on the black market, a group of would-be thieves in Zile, Turkey livestreamed their illegal excavation — while displaying their location, the date, and one of ...

Last year, a metal detectorist stumbled upon a tiny treasure in Leeds, England. While scouring a local field, they came across a cross-shaped pendant, which experts say dates back to the 8th century C ...

Archaeologists exploring the numerous underground chambers at the ancient Chavín de Huántar complex in Peru have found evidence of ritual practices involving hallucinogenic drugs, confirming long-held ...

Robert Maudsley committed his first murder in 1974, killing a man who showed him images of child sexual abuse. Maudsley soon turned himself in to the authorities, who sent him to a psychiatric ...

Prehistoric wooden spears found decades ago in Schöningen, Germany were once thought to be around 300,000 years old. It was thus believed that they were made by an early human ancestor known as Homo ...