Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...

A maximum of 20,000 people will be allowed to enter each day in an effort to protect the historic site in Italy, where ...

Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the ...

Researchers have excavated King Arthur's Hall, a rectangular enclosure in southwest England, and determined that it dates to ...

A new exhibition spotlights a trio who pushed the boundaries of American art and illustrated the experiences of World War II ...

Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

To raise awareness for a charity event, aspiring engineers planted six UFOs across southern England on a single day in 1967 ...

The third largest U.S. state, California is No. 1 when it comes to giant redwood and sequoia trees, the Pacific Ocean and ...

Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" documented the killings of a family of four in rural Kansas on this day in 1959 ...

A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and ...

After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...