By far Gustave Eiffel’s most well-known work, the Eiffel Tower was designed for the 1889 World’s Fair to celebrate the 100th ...

In an exclusive with National Geographic, a team of international and interdisciplinary scientists have revealed what is likely the largest single incident of mass child sacrifice in world history.

Archaeology student Yara Souza unearthed a 9th-century relic during Newcastle University's excavations in the Redesdale valley in Northumberland, England.

Archaeologists in Lolland, Denmark unearthed a piece of 5,700-year-old chewing gum made of birch bark and found to their great surprise that the ancient artifact contained DNA. The DNA was so ...

The remains of a lost Antarctic researcher have finally been recovered, 66 years after he fell into an icy crevasse while conducting a survey. A Polish research team discovered bone fragments and more ...

The rare first edition and first impression copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel "The Hobbit" was found at an estate sale in Bristol, England.

See 44 vintage photos of when Laurel Canyon was the epicenter of Los Angeles' counterculture in the '60s and '70s. Back in the 1960s, Laurel Canyon was a central hub of the burgeoning counterculture ...

Construction of the Old London Bridge began in 1176 and was completed by 1209, and for the next 550 years, it was the sole crossing of the River Thames.

New research shows that the Maya population in present-day Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize during the Late Classic period was much larger than previously thought.

In a time of segregation and widespread racism, juke joints offered a brief refuge for Black sharecroppers and rural workers — and left an unforgettable mark on music history. Even in the darkest of ...

Archaeologists excavating at the Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina, Sicily found a mosaic featuring sandals that dates back 1,700 years.

In 1946, Bobby Troup released the hit song " (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66." The catchy tune cemented the famed route, with its 2,400 miles of roads across North America, as a place of adventure, fun, ...