Unknown thieves stole native gold from the French National Museum of Natural History's geology and mineralogy gallery, which is closed until further notice.

Rare Gold Nuggets Worth $700,000 Stolen From Paris’ Natural History Museum in Brazen Heist

Discovered in their pure metallic form, the specimens were taken by “an extremely professional team,” the museum’s director said

The National Archives is the permanent home of the United States Constitution.

America's 250th Anniversary

See the Entire U.S. Constitution on Display for the Very First Time in History

The National Archives in Washington, D.C. will be showcasing the four pages of the historic document, plus a rarely shown “fifth page,” the Bill of Rights and the 17 other amendments

Excavations have uncovered 40 tombs made of Hellenistic-era ceramics, along with various artifacts and ceramic vessels.

Cool Finds

Severe Drought in Iraq Reveals Dozens of Ancient Tombs Created 2,300 Years Ago

The tombs, which likely date to Iraq’s Hellenistic period, were discovered along the Mosul Dam reservoir

The bodies were arranged into crouched positions, then propped over or placed near a fire to slowly dehydrate.

New Research

The World’s Oldest Mummies Might Be These Smoke-Dried, 12,000-Year-Old Skeletons From Southeast Asia

The human remains predate Chile’s Chinchorro mummies and the famously preserved pharaohs of ancient Egypt by millennia

The buried limestone chamber dates to the third or fourth century C.E.

Cool Finds

Archaeologists in Albania Unearth Tomb Belonging to an Upper-Class Roman Who Died 1,700 Years Ago

The limestone chamber is marked with inscriptions identifying the deceased and honoring the deity Jupiter. Officials say it’s the first tomb of its kind to be found in the country

David Bowie performs as part of his sold out "New York Marathon" tour in 2002.

David Bowie Spent His Final Months Writing a Musical Inspired by Satire and Crime in 18th-Century London

Archivists discovered notes for the project, called “The Spectator,” in the artist’s New York City office after he died in 2016

The paintings are pictured in a directory of property looted in France between 1939 and 1945.

These Long-Lost 17th-Century Paintings Were Looted by the Nazis. They Just Surfaced at an Ohio Auction House

The still lifes were part of the Schloss collection, which was seized in 1943. Auction house officials halted the sale when they learned of the artworks’ suspected provenance

A sheep jaw bone was one of the samples analyzed in the new study.

New Research

Large Groups Came Together for Grand Feasts at the End of the Bronze Age in Britain

After analyzing bone fragments found in millennia-old trash piles, researchers say that people may have brought livestock from far and wide to consume in the south

The Oseberg, a Viking ship built in 820 C.E., moved to its new home at the Museum of the Viking Age at the speed of ten inches per minute.

The Best-Preserved Viking Ship in the World Just Survived Its Treacherous Final Journey

For more than ten years, experts have been painstakingly planning to move three 1,000-year-old vessels—the “Oseberg,” “Gokstad” and “Tune”—about 115 yards to their new home in Oslo

Located nearly 60 feet below the surface, the statue is cleaned every year.

See How Divers Clean This Statue of Jesus Christ Submerged Nearly 60 Feet Below the Surface of the Mediterranean

Located off the coast of northern Italy, “Christ of the Abyss” was installed in 1954 to commemorate lives lost at sea. The statue receives a routine cleaning every year

The lion may have been brought from China in the mid-1260s and modified in Venice between 1270 and 1290.

New Research

Was Venice’s Iconic Winged Lion of St. Mark’s Square Made in Ancient China?

New research suggests that the famous bronze statue may have originally guarded a Chinese tomb before arriving in Venice in the late 13th century

A roman mosaic shows a fighting North African Atlas bear.

New Research

The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers

The bear was caught in the Balkans and caged for years to perform in an amphitheater

The helmet was discovered at the site of the Battle of the Egadi Islands.

Cool Finds

Divers Find a Well-Preserved Roman Helmet From the Naval Battle That Ended a Punic War

The Montefortino-style headwear was found with its cheek guards intact

Austen wrote the letter to her older sister on April 11, 1805, from Bath.

A Rare Jane Austen Letter Is Heading to Auction

One of the English novelist’s poems and a first edition of her book “Emma” are also up for grabs during an upcoming Sotheby’s sale

The figurine is a little more than an inch tall.

Cool Finds

Curator Rediscovers Tenth-Century ‘Portrait’ of a Viking With an ‘Unusual, Ornate Hairstyle’

First unearthed in 1797, the small gaming piece was kept in storage at the National Museum of Denmark for more than 200 years until curator Peter Pentz found it

Joseph McNeil speaks about the Woolworth’s sit-in in a 2023 interview.

Joseph McNeil, Member of ‘Greensboro Four’ Who Protested Segregation at Lunch Counters, Dies at 83

McNeil and three other Black freshmen held a famous sit-in at Woolworth’s in 1960, which inspired peaceful protests across the country

Eldarir checked three large suitcases full of artifacts in 2020.

Man Who Tried to Smuggle 600 Looted Ancient Egyptian Artifacts in Three Checked Suitcases Is Going to Prison

Ashraf Omar Eldarir failed to declare the stolen goods when he entered the United States through New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in 2020

Firefighters are still assessing the damage, but several structures were destroyed in Chinese Camp.

Wildfire Sweeps Through Historic California Gold Rush Town Settled by Chinese Miners

Caused by a massive lightning storm, the 6-5 Fire destroyed the post office and several other buildings in the small town of Chinese Camp

Argentine officials host a press conference in front of Portrait of a Lady, which had been stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

Journalists Stumble Across Real Estate Listing With a Photo of a Nazi-Looted Painting Hanging Above the Couch

The family of a Nazi official has turned in “Portrait of a Lady,” an 18th-century artwork by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi. The painting had been stolen from a Jewish art dealer during World War II

Some of the impacted points and bladelets found at Obi-Rakhmat

New Research

Could These 80,000-Year-Old Stones Be the World’s Earliest Known Arrowheads?

A new study suggests that fragments unearthed at an archaeological site in Uzbekistan look like other examples of arrowheads created thousands of years later

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