The name actually comes from the lute, a 15th century French instrument that looks like a bloated banjo. People who made ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

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Known as the Tantiusques, the mine was sold to John Winthrop Jr., the son of the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay ...

When we think of bones, we usually imagine the skeleton or the structure that holds us together. But bones have done much ...

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As the oldest airline in the world, KLM still has the same name it had when it was first founded in 1919. Founded on October 7, 1919 by eight investors, it became the Koninklijke Luchtvaart ...

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Art Schallock, a World War II veteran who collected three World Series rings pitching with the New York Yankees in the 1950s, has died at 100. Schallock had been MLB’s oldest-living player since ...

A prized gold and silver belt buckle, belonging to the world's oldest cowboy Bob Holder, has gone missing from his Cootamundra property. Holder won the silver and gold buckle at the saddle bronc ...

Bones played a role in music, too– some of the world’s oldest instruments were made from them. Archaeologists have uncovered flutes carved from bird bones that date back as far as 35,000 years.