15 Things You Might Not Know About the Great Sphinx of Giza
The ancient Egyptian monument, thought to depict the likeness of the pharaoh Khafre, confounds scholars to this day.
The ancient Egyptian monument, thought to depict the likeness of the pharaoh Khafre, confounds scholars to this day.
There’s much more to this iconic statue than a couple of absent appendages.
Historians were struck by the tantalizing possibility that this library might contain missing works of some of history’s greatest writers—works thought to have been lost forever.
Ötzi the Iceman may have gone bald in middle age—but hey, at least he had tattoos.
What really happened to Virginia Dare and the rest of the Lost Colony of Roanoke? In the late 1930s, an enterprising con man claimed to know.
After lying at the bottom of Lake Huron for more than a century, the wreck of the ‘Ironton’ has been discovered, confirming its tragic fate.
The use of amphorae is a callback to the past, anchoring modern wine drinkers to history.
There’s no better way to wrap up 2022 than by sharing a whopping 100 things we learned this year, from interesting AI developments to unintentional art heists—and, of course, the results of the 2022 Kids’ Mullet Championships.
It’s been a century since Howard Carter discovered the tomb of an obscure Egyptian pharaoh named Tutankhamen, kicking off a period of Egyptomania and a fascination with the pharaoh that endures to this day.
Tut's tomb was stuffed to the brim with thousands of objects meant to make his afterlife eternally posh.
‘Äpplet’ had a more successful naval career than its short-lived sibling, the ‘Vasa.’ Studying its wreck could help explain why.
When King Tut's tomb was discovered in 1922, some believed the Egyptian pharaoh unleashed a powerful curse upon all who dared to disturb his eternal slumber.
King Tut’s excavation, legacy, and life remain far from settled.
Following the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, two scholars battled each other to decipher the mysterious Egyptian writing system.
In centuries past, mummies were put to a variety of inventive uses: art, commerce, science, entertainment, and possibly even paper making.
Cecil Chubb attended an auction in 1915 and decided Stonehenge would make for a fantastic new family possession.
Hatshepsut seized the reins of power and never let go.
Find out the real deal behind mummies, the truth behind the Sphinx’s nose, and how King Tut probably met his end.
From Steve Martin's 'Saturday Night Live' song to 'The Mummy' movies, King Tut has had an eventful afterlife.
These mysterious undersea sites might contain millions (or billions) in lost treasure.
Over several decades beginning in 1607, Jamestown nearly collapsed multiple times as colonists succumbed to disease and famine.
We sometimes think human prehistory was much more peaceful than today. But archaeological evidence suggests otherwise.
One of the most important archaeological discoveries in British history, the Sutton Hoo ship burial contained a hoard of Anglo-Saxon artifacts that transformed our understanding of the "Dark Ages."
More than 5500 artifacts have been brought up since the first salvage trip to the 'Titanic' wreckage in 1987.