The S.K. Pierce Mansion, one of the "most haunted" homes in Massachusetts, was listed for sale for $1.2 million in April 2025 ...

The discovery was made near the remains of a mummified adult lion, which was found underneath the Saqqara necropolis in 2004.

Andy Warhol’s death in 1987 was a somber conclusion to a life marked by celebrity. He passed away unexpectedly at age 58 after what was meant to be a simple surgery. Though Warhol had survived a ...

While excavating what’s believed to be a cemetery for ancient Roman gladiators near York, England, archaeologists came across a decapitated skeleton — with a large bite mark in its pelvis. And ...

In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted near Naples, Italy. It was traditionally thought that the disaster happened in August of that year, but recent evidence has shown it probably occurred in October or ...

In the 1920s, the extremely old remains of a horse were discovered in Bad Cannstatt, a historic district in Stuttgart, Germany. Locals long suspected that the site was an ancient Schindanger, or an ...

Scholars are currently locked in a heated debate over the number of penises depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. In 2018, University of Oxford’s Professor George Garnett counted 93 individual genitalia on ...

“To live like we are supposed to, we need to listen to our blood, so to speak. Our paganism is in our blood, and to be able to create a positive and meaningful civilization in the future, on the ruins ...

Two British metal detectorists who came across a 1,000-year-old treasure haul and failed to report their discovery to local authorities are facing jail time because of it. According to The Guardian, ...

So many prospectors flocked to San Francisco during the gold rush in California that the city's population rose from 1,000 to 25,000 between 1848 and 1849. The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in ...

At first glance, few would guess that Mary Jane Rathbun, an elderly woman with thick glasses, was one of the most well-known marijuana activists in American history. But Rathbun was famous for her ...

For centuries, the Cenacle in Jerusalem has been considered sacred ground for millions around the world. Christians contend that it’s the site of the Last Supper that Jesus and his disciples shared ...