Bronze Age Facebook Found In Rock Art
A timeline encompassing thousands of years, granite outcrops filled with rock art and stamps of approval similar to primitive "likes": welcome to a Bronze Age Facebook.
Newly Discovered Maya Mural Contradicts 2012 “Doomsday” Myth
The earliest known Mayan calendar has been discovered in an ancient house in Guatemala. It reveals that Mayan calendars go well beyond 2012.
Largest Known Crocodile May Have Dined On Humans
Fossils of a prehistoric crocodile large enough to swallow a human whole have been discovered in East Africa.
Paranoid Hitler Had ‘Messiah Complex’
A secret wartime report into Hitler's mental state reveals the Nazi leader had a "messiah complex" and became increasingly paranoid as defeat loomed.
PHOTOS: Cabot May Have Known Of New World Before Voyage
An investigation worthy of a Dan Brown novel has shed new light on the voyages of John Cabot
‘Inhabitants of Madrid’ Ate Elephant Meat 80000 Years Ago
Elephant meat was a popular menu item for middle Stone Age Spaniards, a new study says.
Marco Polo’s House
Scholars might discuss whether Marco Polo actually went to China, but they all agree that his house lies beneath the Malibran Theater in Venice.
The Titanic Graveyard
Ghostly shoes and boots scattered around the wreck suggest that they belonged to bodies.
Women and Children First?
The chivalrous code "women and children first" appears to have sunk with the Titanic 100 years ago.
Long believed to be the golden standard of conduct in a shipwreck, the noble edict is in fact a myth that has been nourished by the Titanic disaster, says a new study.
Women And Children First?
Dr. Lucy Delap looks at emergency shipwreck situations in modern and ancient times.
Remains of 1700-year-old Roman Ship Recovered
Italian archaeologists have recovered off the coast of Sicily what appears to be the most complete ancient Roman ship ever found.
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