Centuries-old secret passageways detailed in Leonardo da Vinci's sketches were just found under Milan's Sforza Castle.

The octagonal-shaped tomb depicts tales with some very grim details, indicating that life definitely wasn't easy at the time.

During renovations at St. Andreas Church in Eisleben, workers uncovered 816 coins hidden inside a statue during the Thirty ...

Recently, researchers Olena Veremeychyk and Olga Antowska-Gorączniak took a closer look at eight medieval discs discovered ...

Deep within a French cave, researchers may have uncovered the world’s oldest 3D map. While exploring the Ségognole 3 cave just south of Paris, scientists found engravings on its floor resembling the ...

Japanese history is filled with epic tales of warriors, but few have stood the test of time as well as the story of samurai Miyamoto Musashi — and his duel with Sasaki Kojirō, one of Japan’s greatest ...

Jimmy Carter’s house didn’t look like much from the outside. Tucked down a wooded lane at 209 Woodland Drive in Plains, Georgia, it was valued at less than the cost of the Secret Service vehicles that ...

Corporations, musicians, and even game designers faced allegations of dabbling in Satanism in the 1980s and 1990s as Americans seemed to see the devil around every corner — but why? In 1983, police in ...

During work on the A47 roadway between Wansford and Sutton in the United Kingdom, archaeologists discovered a 1,500-year-old, hand-carved Roman coffin made of stone that weighs about 1,650 pounds — ...

While excavating a site ahead of planned development in Brittany, France, archaeologists made several exciting discoveries. They unearthed evidence of ancient roads, a hamlet, and molds used to make ...

While on a hike with his family in Israel’s Negev region, 11-year-old Zvi Ben-David noticed something unusual near the banks of the Besor River. The object — which less discerning eyes might have ...

In a bizarre case of rivalry and animal cruelty, a Texas teenager is accused of poisoning her rival’s show goat last October. Aubrey Vanlandingham, a 17-year-old cheerleader at Vista Ridge High School ...