Death Valley is one of the harshest environments on Earth, yet animals continue to thrive in its extreme heat. How do they survive without water and in scorching temperatures? Discover the ...

Flooding, famine, plagues. Historical documents from diaries to parish registers detail the dramatic impacts of the Little ...

Buried at the Hezingen site, researchers discovered 25 gold coins, as well as gold pendants and a fragment of a silver ...

Ancient humans living in Europe may have scooped out the brains of their dead enemies and eaten them, a new study suggests.

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, who had been martyred about 200 years ...

Over 5,300 years ago, ancient herders known as the Yamna people emerged from the steppes of what is now Ukraine, going on to ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a 2,500-year-old Etruscan tomb that is richly decorated with wall paintings.

A gold and silver hoard near Hezingen reveals pagan rituals amid rising Christian influence in medieval Europe.