Scientific examination of bones found in an ancient Roman graveyard suggests that even 2,000 years ago London was attracting visitors from as far away as China.
Get the stories behind 10 classic works of literature that have run afoul of government censors.
An unprecedented DNA study has found evidence of a single human migration out of Africa and confirmed that Aboriginal Australians are the world’s oldest civilization.
Using a computer program, scientists for the first time have digitally unwrapped and read a severely damaged ancient Hebrew scroll without even touching it.
An 82-year-old time capsule containing perfectly preserved Nazi relics including copies of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” has been found at a former Nazi training school in Poland.
It was a century ago that a staple of modern warfare—the tank—first made its combat debut at the Battle of the Somme.
Read about Roald Dahl’s secret life befriending presidents and bedding socialites as part of a British spy ring in the United States.
Greta Friedman, the woman believed to have been kissed by a sailor in Times Square in an iconic V-J Day photograph, has passed away at age 92.
