Explore Two of Pompeii’s Excavated Homes in This Virtual Tour
Before the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 C.E., these homes in Pompeii featured gardens and impressive art collections.
Before the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 C.E., these homes in Pompeii featured gardens and impressive art collections.
Indulge your medieval castle fantasies with reconstructions made possible by a little modern-day magic we call GIF technology.
The stegosaurus footprints discovered on Scotland's Isle of Skye indicate the island could have been home to a bustling dinosaur population 170 million years ago.
Scientists discovered the skull of a bird-like dinosaur. More than 100 tiny teeth line the jaws of the skull, suggesting that this dinosaur was small but deadly (to insects).
The underground bunker housed Britain’s last line of defense, a unit known as “Churchill’s secret army.”
Florida's Treasure Coast is filled with artifacts from an 18th-century shipwreck, as a group of friends demonstrated recently when they found 22 silver coins there.
Earlier this week, England’s Parliament announced that a secret door had been discovered in the walls of Westminster Hall. Inside, historians found “graffiti” left in 1851 by a bricklayer who was “fond of Ould Ale.”
A pair of epaulets, a pencil case, and a glass decanter were found at the Arctic shipwreck, which continues to reveal clues to the fate of the doomed 19th century expedition.
When contractors peeled back the panels of a condemned bar in Pennsylvania, they didn't expect to find a colonial-era log cabin. Now, the structure will be disassembled by hand so it can be moved someplace else.
Matt Kiddle went out for a leisurely ride with his 4-year-old son. In addition to the fresh air and the coastal view, there were some ancient human remains along the way.
The old bottle filled with rusted nails looks like trash, but it was actually used by a Union soldier to ward off evil spirits during the Civil War.
At the site of the new Springhead Bridge in the UK, workers stumbled upon what appears to be tweezers and an ear cleaner dating back to the Roman Empire 2000 years ago.
The discovery is the first of its kind, researchers write in a paper published in 'Latin American Antiquity.'
The location of lost Navy submarine the USS Grayback had been unknown for decades due to a translation error. After missing for 75 years, it's finally been discovered.
Unlike the ‘Vasa,’ these ships almost definitely didn’t sink less than a mile into their maiden voyages.
Specimen AMNH 5027, which has been on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City since 1915, has inspired countless dinosaurs in pop culture, from 'King Kong' to 'Jurassic Park.'
It was such a dark and stormy night at Niagara Falls this Halloween that the ship finally escaped its craggy prison.
Most of the statue’s parts were melted into bullets for the American Revolution, but a few pieces were buried.
Standing tall in the Scandinavian countryside, Viking runestones bear messages from 1000 years ago in an alphabet called the Futhark. Read on for more little-known lore.
A Dutch vessel posing as a Danish trading ship sunk near Iceland in 1659, and now a 3D recreation of the shipwreck is available to tour in virtual reality.
Armed with a drone, an iPad, and a thirst for adventure, Albert Lin reveals what we can learn about the past with today's technology in a new TV series.
The archaeological site in Norway contains several burial mounds and boats that were used in Viking funerals.
Hurricane Dorian uncovered two Civil War cannonballs on South Carolina's Folly Beach—and it's not the first time cannonballs have washed up there.
Game pieces, sake bottles, and hundreds of ceramic pieces have been unearthed at the archaeological site.