Death
Famed Paleoanthropologist and Wildlife Conservationist Richard Leakey Dies at 77
His team's discovery of early human skulls and skeletons cemented Africa as the cradle of humanity
Researchers Digitally Unwrap Egyptian Pharaoh's 3,500-Year-Old Mummy
Scanning technology revealed new insights on Amenhotep I's life
How Betty White Broke Barriers for Women in Television
A Smithsonian curator reflects on the legacy of the beloved “Golden Girls” actress
Ninety-Nine Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2021
The year's most exciting discoveries include a Viking "piggy bank," a lost Native American settlement and a secret passageway hidden behind a bookshelf
Hong Kong Removes 'Pillar of Shame' Honoring Tiananmen Square Victims
The move arrives amid continuing crackdowns on pro-democracy protesters in the Asian city
This Locket Memorializes a Black Activist Couple Murdered in a Christmas 1951 Bombing
Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore attracted the KKK's ire for their tireless promotion of civil rights in the Jim Crow South
James Brown's Estate Has Sold After 15-Year Dispute
The estimated $90 million deal will go mostly toward a scholarship fund for children from South Carolina and Georgia
Groundbreaking Feminist Scholar bell hooks Dies at 69
The prolific American writer shaped a generation of discourse around Black feminism and intersectionality
Rare Physical Evidence of Roman Crucifixion Found in Britain
Researchers discovered the skeleton of a man with a nail hammered through his heel bone
Vesuvius Victim Died Just Steps From the Safety of the Sea, Skeleton Shows
The middle-aged man's remains are the first of their kind found at Herculaneum in 25 years
Eighty Years After Pearl Harbor, New DNA Tech Helps Identify Victims of the Attack
Researchers say they have now identified over 90 percent of the remains of those killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
The Story Behind Pearl Harbor's Most Successful Rescue Mission
Eighty years ago, civilian Julio DeCastro and his colleagues at the Hawaii base's naval yard saved 32 sailors trapped inside the U.S.S. "Oklahoma"
Did the Vikings Actually Torture Victims With the Brutal 'Blood Eagle'?
New research reveals the feasibility of the infamous execution method
Archaeologists Unearth 800-Year-Old Mummy in Peru
Scholars are studying the remains in hopes of learning more about the Indigenous peoples who lived in the region prior to the rise of the Inca Empire
Two Men Wrongfully Convicted of Killing Malcolm X Are Exonerated After 55 Years
Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam, who each served more than 20 years of a life sentence, had always maintained their innocence
Earliest Evidence of Mercury Poisoning in Humans Found in 5,000-Year-Old Bones
Researchers discovered the toxic element in remains buried across the Iberian Peninsula between the Neolithic period and antiquity
Mass Grave of Women, Children Found in Pre-Hispanic City in Peru
Buried in the Chimú Empire capital of Chan Chan, some of the deceased were interred with needles and sewing tools
What Did Tudor England Look, Smell and Sound Like?
A new book by scholar Amy Licence vividly transports readers back to the 16th century
Holding Cell for Gladiators, Doomed Prisoners Found at Roman Amphitheater in England
Researchers initially thought the structure was a passageway to the ancient arena
Tomb of Ramses II's Treasurer Unearthed at Saqqara Necropolis
Carved scenes in the grave depict the life of Ptah-M-Wia, an important figure in the 19th-Dynasty pharaoh's government
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