History
Inert Cold War-Era Missile Discovered in a Washington Man's Garage
A resident of Bellevue, Washington, attempted to donate the historic artifact to a museum, which alerted authorities
Monumental Sculpture Reimagines 'The Last Supper' With Black Historical Figures
Tavares Strachan's "The First Supper" took four years to sculpt and is now on display at an exhibition in London
Archaeologists Discover Rare Roman Funerary Bed Buried Beneath London
The wooden bed was likely dismantled IKEA-style before being buried alongside a high-status individual
Was This Villa Pliny the Elder’s Front-Row Seat to Mount Vesuvius' Eruption?
Researchers are wondering whether a newly discovered villa in southern Italy could be linked to the celebrated scholar
Los Angeles Museum Returns Artifacts to Ghana That Were Taken by British Forces in 1874
Museum officials traveled to the city of Kumasi to return the objects on the 150th anniversary of their seizure
These Pits Carved Into Rocks in Kenya Might Be Ancient Game Boards
An archaeologist thinks the small, carved holes were used by herders for games of mancala up to 5,000 years ago
Police Find Ancient Teenager’s Body, Preserved in Irish Bog for 2,500 Years
Nicknamed the "Bellaghy Boy," he was likely between 13 and 17 when he died around 500 B.C.E.
This Medieval Sword Spent 1,000 Years at the Bottom of a Polish River
Construction crews stumbled upon the weapon while dredging the Vistula River in Włocławek
Three Students Just Deciphered the First Passages of a 2,000-Year-Old Scroll Burned in Vesuvius' Eruption
The trio used artificial intelligence to decode sections of the text, which appear to be a philosophical exploration of pleasure
Should Egypt Renovate This Ancient Pyramid?
Officials have announced plans to rebuild the granite blocks they say once covered the Pyramid of Menkaure
Archaeologists Discover a 'High-End' Blacksmith's Iron Age Workshop
Found in Oxfordshire, the "smithy" was active at the beginning of a transformative era in Britain
Who Stole—and Burned—This Jackie Robinson Statue?
Donations poured in to help replace the bronze statue, which a youth baseball nonprofit unveiled in 2021
Archaeologists Discover 1,700-Year-Old Jade Mask Inside the Tomb of a Maya King
Located in Guatemala, the tomb also held rare mollusk shells, carvings and other funeral offerings
Newly Discovered Papers From President McKinley's Assassination Are for Sale
The archive belonged to Herman Matzinger, who performed the autopsy on the 25th president and conducted a bacteriological analysis to rule out the possibility of poison-tipped bullets
You Can Now Wear a Recreation of Scotland's Oldest Tartan
Fashion designers have created a fabric inspired by the Glen Affric tartan, which was discovered in a peat bog and dates to between 1500 and 1600
Everyone Thought This 4,000-Year-Old Tomb Had Been Destroyed. Then, an Archaeologist Found It
Billy Mag Fhloinn located the Altóir na Gréine, thought to have vanished in the 19th century, in southwest Ireland
Have Researchers Found Amelia Earhart's Long-Lost Plane?
A new sonar image shows an airplane-shaped object resting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, not far from where Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, went missing in 1937
Archaeologists Uncover Abandoned Ancient Wine Shop in Greece
The Roman-era structure, filled with pottery shards and coins, was destroyed by a sudden and mysterious disaster
Bodies and Treasure Found in Polish Lake Could Be Connected to Ancient Water Ritual
New research suggests the Chelmno group followed their water burials with mass deposits of bronze jewelry and artifacts
'Sensational' Medieval Armor Discovered Near a Castle in Switzerland
The rare 14th-century gauntlet is one of the best-preserved artifacts of its kind ever found in the country
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