Was Scottish knight William Wallace of "Braveheart" fame the inspiration behind the legend of Robin Hood?
The mystery of how prehistoric builders constructed the mighty Stonehenge has baffled scholars for centuries.
Queen Arsinoë II ruled Egypt as a female pharaoh long before her more famous descendant, Cleopatra VII, according to a new study.
The universe started out as a hot, soupy liquid, according to simulations of its earliest moments conducted with the help of the world's largest particle accelerator.
New research suggests that Mesoamerican pyramids like the Maya temple Kukulkan were designed to produce sophisticated acoustic effects, including the chirp of a sacred bird.
On November 6, 2010, Pompeii's House of the Gladiators collapsed, highlighting the many challenges of preservation.
Tyrannosaurus rex may have had a taste for its own kind, according to a new study.
A new hypothesis that King Tut was killed by a hippopotamus is the latest attempt to solve one of ancient history's most perplexing riddles.
