Prehistoric wooden spears found decades ago in Schöningen, Germany were once thought to be around 300,000 years old. It was thus believed that they were made by an early human ancestor known as Homo ...

After Jesus Christ was crucified outside the city of Jerusalem, the Gospel of John states that his body was placed in “a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.” But where was this tomb? Where ...

During a Boy Scout camping trip in 2001, 13-year-old Cody Clawson got lost in Yellowstone National Park. After spending more than 18 hours in the wilderness, Clawson was rescued by the last person he ...

Although it was not always obvious, the downfall of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany was a long time coming. The reasons for this were Hitler's aggressive expansionist policies and the ideology of the Nazi ...

On August 22, 2002, at just 21 years old, Michelle Knight vanished from the streets of Cleveland, Ohio. For about 11 years, Knight was held captive in the home of her kidnapper Ariel Castro, along ...

During routine excavations ahead of the construction of a new student residence in Leuven, Belgium, archaeologists stumbled upon a spectacular find. Around 13 feet beneath the modern city street, they ...

James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok lived a truly wild life — but it arguably had an even more wild end. It was fitting, perhaps, for a man who embodied the spirit of the Wild West better than most others ...

A European gray wolf may have been spotted in France’s Normandy region in what could be the first appearance of the species in the territory in 100 years. According to local news outlet Francetvinfo, ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptians began worshipping Hathor, a powerful goddess associated with love, fertility, and motherhood. Often depicted with a cow’s head or as a woman adorned with cow ...

Through the eye of the Hubble Space Telescope, the universe is an endless array of color, light, swirling stars, and psychedelic nebulae. Since its launch in 1990, the telescope has peered into the ...

Bartholomew William Barclay “Bat” Masterson was not a man easily defined. Throughout his life, he played several different roles, most notably a buffalo hunter, army scout, lawman, gambler, ...

In 1987, the British tabloid The Sun published a shocking story. Instead of juicy drama about Princess Diana’s troubled marriage, the public received the disturbing news that Nerissa and Katherine ...