Amelia Earhart remains one of the most famous missing people of modern history, after her plane vanished over the Pacific ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the purpose of a 1,500-year-old bucket at Sutton Hoo, revealing that it was used as a cremation vessel for an important Anglo-Saxon figure.

A small dinosaur that once dashed along North American riverbanks has found a new home in London. The new species, named ...

History Historians Love to Think of Themselves as Detectives. I Think I Know Why. There’s a bit of appropriated glamour in the comparison. But the association is nevertheless well earned.

It’s been more than 20 years since Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson joined forces for Sofia Coppola’s award-winning film ...

Oct. 28—One of the most bizarre unsolved homicides in Northumberland County turns 120 years old next month. For more than a century, the mystery of the Shamokin Head has intrigued residents ...

A Curator on the History and Mystery of Jewelry. Helen Molesworth, the senior jewelry curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, talks about her gem-driven travels and her new book.