Smithsonian Magazine offers up a few other ancient creatures that could fit the bill, including Nile crocodiles, goannas, and ...

Tickling may seem like a harmless and playful act, but it actually has a long and complex history that stretches across different cultures and eras. Its ability to immobilize and cause discomfort has ...

Sending Christmas cards is a beloved tradition that harkens back to 1843. Then, an Englishman named Sir Henry Cole commissioned the first commercial Christmas card. The card in question was designed ...

Over the past 2,000 years, Biblical scholars have pored over questions about Jesus Christ. What did the Christian Messiah look like? How tall was he? What do we know about his race? When and where was ...

In 2020, archaeologists in Satala in Türkiye unearthed a rare example of Lorica Squamata, a type of Roman “scale armor” that dates back 1,500 years. This armor, worn by high-ranking officers and ...

In the waters off Türkiye’s western coast, researchers have uncovered a 1,500-year-old shipwreck brimming with thousands of artifacts. The discovery, part of the Blue Heritage Underwater Research ...

Over the course of six months in 2024, archaeologists from Museum Odense unearthed over 50 well-preserved Viking skeletons from a burial ground in Åsum, Denmark, which is located near Odense. The ...

During an archaeological excavation in the Belgian town of Pommerœul, researchers came across what they believed to be a Roman skeleton interred in a tomb. However, after conducting DNA analyses and ...

These monumental discoveries left even the experts stunned. The world of archaeology is not always as exciting as it is portrayed in films like Indiana Jones. But while researchers are rarely risking ...

First introduced in the 1922 German silent film Nosferatu, Count Orlok sparked numerous controversies over his similarities to Dracula — and even inspired rumors that the actor who played him was a ...

Last year, metal detectorists in Norway stumbled upon a coin and a brooch at a former farm on the country’s west coast. At the time, it was assumed these relics hailed from the Viking Age, but this ...