Amid the ruins of a Nazi death camp in eastern Poland, archaeologists have discovered a German Jewish girl’s pendant that is nearly identical to one owned by Anne Frank.
Take a look back some of the more memorable—and often unplanned—moments in past presidential inaugurations.
On August 6, 2011, insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter in Afghanistan, killing all 38 people on board, including 15 Navy SEALS from Team Six’s Gold Squadron.
Fluent in French and favored by the grandest courts in Europe, the London-born Louisa Catherine Adams played a key role in the election of her husband, John Quincy Adams, in 1824.
Researchers have mapped the DNA of an ancient bacterial infection that killed a pregnant woman living outside the ancient city of Troy in the final years of the Byzantine Empire.
Take a look back at the history of presidential goodbyes over the years.
When medical experts recently scanned a tiny Egyptian mummy—thought to contain the remains of a hawk—they were shocked to discover it was actually a mummified human baby.
From the origins of Naval Special Warfare during World War II to the killing of Osama bin Laden, explore 10 key events and operations in the history of the Navy SEALs.