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

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

A research team in China found 10 ounces of rice wine in a bronze kettle while excavating ancient tombs in the Shaanxi province. Due to the way the kettle was sealed, this 2,200-year-old wine was ...

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 ...