HISTORY

From the Alfred Jewel to the Sutton Hoo treasure, these priceless artifacts made for some royally exciting finds.

From the first ovens to sliced bread, these are some of the inventions that shaped the culinary world.

Few volcanoes had had such a dramatic and devastating impact on the world as Indonesia's Mount Tambora.

Did you realize how many idioms commonly used today have their origins in Renaissance literature and culture of the 16th and 17th centuries? These trendy turns of phrase are the best things since sliced bread—and nearly half a millennium older.

The 1950s version of the iconic game show got real weird with some of their prizes.

The 2022 vandalization of the 'Mona Lisa' was just the latest incident where famous art was attacked.

For more than a century, the Astors were the richest family in America, and their shrewd marriages linked them to some of the most politically powerful families.

The woman known as "Jane Roe" left an enormous mark on the nation’s political landscape—one that’s still at the fore a half-century later.

From human sacrifices to misunderstood doomsday prophecies, we're dispelling the popular myths about the Maya civilization.

Our 30th president, born on the Fourth of July in 1872, once pardoned a raccoon.

Hawkins was the Steven Spielberg of his time—an artist and visionary who created an immersive world where giants still walked the Earth.

In 1996, Taco Bell pulled a fast one by announcing they had bought the Liberty Bell and were taking it to company headquarters in Irvine. Not everyone thought it was funny.