A team of Italian archaeologists has found bone fragments that they believe belong to one of the world’s most famous models. How do they know?

The “Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie was born in Torquay, on the southwest coast of England, on September 16, 1890. Did you know she was also a roller-skating, surfing action woman?

Scientists have discovered a new human-like species in a burial chamber deep in a cave system in South Africa. The discovery could change ideas about our early relatives.

Activists and local residents say the Islamic State militant group has destroyed part of the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel, which is considered the most important temple at the ancient Syrian site of Palmyra.

For decades, archaeologists have speculated on the location of the remains of Nefertiti, Egyptian queen and the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten. She is the last royal mummy missing from the dynasty of the famous King Tutankhamun. ...

At 404 years old, the Japanese white pine is already notable as the oldest specimen in the bonsai collection at Washington, D.C.’s National Arboretum. Not only has the tree lived through four centuries, it also survived ...

Jamestown was the first successful British colony that gave rise to modern day America. Scientists have identified the remains of four English men who were among the early leaders of Virginia’s Jamestown settlement. ...

Here’s the latest update to the story of Duffy's Cut. In 1832, Catherine Burns left Ireland for Philadelphia where she found work at Duffy’s Cut — a railroad construction site staffed by Irish Catholics. Less than ...

As covered in JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness, on July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the historic Civil Rights Act in a nationally televised ceremony at the White House. The 1964 Civil Rights ...

The coronation of Richard II, also known as Richard of Bordeaux, took place. He was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed on September 30, 1399.