Crime
Stolen Collection of Persian Poetry Found With Help of 'Indiana Jones of the Art World' Goes on Auction
The 15th-century edition of Hafez's "Divan" will be sold at Sotheby's next month
After Truck Topples Easter Island Statue, Mayor Calls for Traffic Restrictions
The incident, which happened over the weekend, remains under investigation but may have involved faulty brakes
Berlin Court Sends Three Suspects to Prison for Theft of Giant Gold Coin Worth $4 Million
Prosecutors say two cousins carried out the heist with the help of a childhood friend hired as a security guard at Berlin's Bode Museum
Plymouth Rock and Other Massachusetts Monuments Vandalized With Red Graffiti
Town manager Melissa G. Arrighi called the defacement "unfathomable and unconscionable"
Pablo Escobar's Pooping Hippos Are Polluting Colombia's Lakes
A new study suggests the hulking creatures are changing local water bodies with their bathroom habits
U.K. Developers Unearth 42 Bizarrely Buried Skeletons
The individuals, buried with their hands tied behind their backs, may be executed Anglo-Saxon prisoners or casualties of the English Civil War
The Kansas Homestead Where America's First Serial Killer Family Committed Its Crimes Is Up for Sale
Authorities recovered the bodies of up to 11 people from the Old West tract of land owned by the notorious "Bloody Benders"
Mary Higgins Clark, Mystery Novelist Dubbed 'Queen of Suspense,' Dies at 92
Today, more than 100 million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone
See Charles I's Stained Execution Shirt
The vest will feature in an upcoming exhibition on London's long and gruesome history of public killings
Newly Released Photos May Place the 'Devil Next Door' at Sobibor Death Camp
This is the latest chapter in the long, complex saga of John Demjanjuk, who was accused of participating in Nazi war crimes
How a Notorious Ugandan Rebel Group Used Everyday Snapshots as Propaganda
A new exhibition explores the underlying agenda of seemingly mundane photographs taken by members of the Lord's Resistance Army
This 2,600-Year-Old Mummy Died in a Violent Backstabbing
Researchers concluded she was murdered by someone who forced a blade into her chest from behind
Art Historian Identifies Ten Nazi-Looted Paintings in the Louvre's Collections
Emmanuelle Polack made the discovery less than one month after she was brought on board to study the museum's ill-gotten artwork
After 30 Years, Looted Kushan Bull Sculpture Will Return to Afghanistan's Kabul Museum
The artifact is one of thousands left destroyed, damaged or missing after civil war broke out in the 1990s
Five Old Master Paintings Recovered 40 Years After German Heist
Authorities suspect the artworks were smuggled into West Germany during the 1980s
Painting Found Inside Walls of Italian Gallery Authenticated as Stolen Klimt
"Portrait of a Lady" went missing from the Ricci Oddi Modern Art Gallery in February 1997
In 1851, a Maryland Farmer Tried to Kidnap Free Blacks in Pennsylvania. He Wasn't Expecting the Neighborhood to Fight Back
The archaeological excavation of an empty field yielded clues and reminders of an incredible uprising long buried from history
Forensic Artist Betty Pat Gatliff, Whose Facial Reconstructions Helped Solve Crimes, Dies at 89
With her detailed reconstructions of missing persons and murder victims, Gatliff helped give identities to the nameless dead
Ex-Librarian and Bookseller Plead Guilty to Stealing Rare Texts Worth $8 Million From Pennsylvania Library
Greg Priore and John Schulman stole and resold hundreds of rare texts over a 25-year period
Medieval Padlock Hints at Prosperity of Scotland's Pictish Farmers
Archaeologists uncovered a thriving farming community whose members wanted to keep their valuables safe
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