It starts with Don Quixote (1605), which is considered the first modern novel in Europe and an enduring classic of world literature. By the beginning of the 17th century, medieval chivalric ...

For years, Egyptologists have assumed pyramid tombs were just for the rich – but the burials at a site called Tombos don’t ...

So far, 33 skeletons have been found near a notorious prison, officials said. The grisly find included the discovery of footwear, including the remnants of a woman's shoe.

Schinderhannes is a nickname for Johannes Bückler, a criminal who was born sometime in 1779 in Germany, to a family of executioners and slaughterers. He was linked to at least 211 crimes, mostly theft ...

Don Mischer, a prolific live event director and 15-time Emmy winner, died April 11, Variety has confirmed. He was 85. Outside of his Emmy honors, Mischer also received a record 10 Directors Guild ...

Don Lemon says he was sexually harassed by "women and men" throughout his career, including during his nearly 10-year career stint at CNN. The former "Don Lemon Tonight" host, who is openly gay ...

From the skull to the smallest bone in your pinky toe, the skeleton acts as internal scaffolding to give stability to the body, and forms protective cocoons around important organs. Despite their ...

Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome battled Germanic people nearly 2,000 years ago.

Some commuters in a cosmopolitan European city may be shocked to learn they've been walking over ancient skeletons for many years. Officials in Brussels, Belgium, announced on April 9 that public ...

In 1805, the first chairholder of anatomy at the University of Heidelberg, Jacob Fidelis Ackermann, brought the two skeletons to his institute, where they were subsequently mixed up. An ...