History
Were Stonehenge's Builders Guided by the Moon?
Researchers are studying the monument's connection to a celestial event that occurs every 18.6 years
Lost Silent Film Featuring Clara Bow Discovered in a $20 Box of Old Reels
Bow, who also serves as inspiration for a new Taylor Swift song, was one of Hollywood's first starlets
Overdue Book Returned to Colorado Library After 105 Years
The Fort Collins library waived the fine, which totaled over $14,000 when adjusted for inflation
Two Vandals at Lake Mead Toppled Rock Formations Made From 140-Million-Year-Old Dunes
Authorities are seeking information about the men, whose crime was captured on video on April 7
Fire Devastates Copenhagen's Historic Stock Exchange
Its signature 184-foot spire collapsed, but rescuers salvaged some of the valuable artworks inside
The Olympic Torch Relay Began in Nazi Germany
After a torch-lighting ceremony this week, the Olympic flame began its long journey from Olympia to Paris
A Book Bound With Human Skin Spent 90 Years in Harvard's Library. Now, the Binding Has Been Removed
In the late 19th century, a French physician took the skin, without consent, from a female psychiatric patient who had died
Rare 100-Year-Old Train Carriage Found Buried in Belgium
The wooden LNER train wagon was a "removals truck" used to move people's belongings between residences
Did Ancient South Americans Keep Foxes as Pets?
At a cemetery in Argentina, a 1,500-year-old fox buried alongside humans suggests a "close relationship" between the species, researchers say
The Royal Family Is Opening Balmoral Castle to the Public For the First Time in History
The special interior tours of the royal family's Scottish retreat sold out in less than a day
Archaeologists Were Looking for a Medieval Hermitage. They Found a 'Monumental' Prehistoric Henge
The site in eastern England may have served as a sacred space for groups across thousands of years
This Is What Being in Your Twenties Was Like in 18th-Century London
A newly restored collection of letters describes a 27-year-old's office job, social life and financial concerns beginning in 1719
Medieval English Coins Were Made With Melted Byzantine Silver
Researchers have solved the mystery of the silver coin boom that took place around 660 C.E.
See a Restored Ancient Roman Helmet—and Two Shiny New Replicas
The 2,000-year-old Hallaton Helmet is now on permanent display at the Harborough Museum in England
Little Rock Nine and Paul McCartney React to Beyoncé's 'Blackbird' Cover
McCartney was inspired to write the song after hearing about the battle to integrate Little Rock Central High School in 1957
The Ellis Island Museum Is Revitalizing the Story of American Immigration
A $100 million renovation will help preserve the history of the millions of immigrants who passed through the island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
A Massive Crane Helping With the Baltimore Bridge Cleanup Was Built to Recover a Sunken Soviet Submarine
The Chesapeake 1000 was used to construct a ship for a top-secret CIA mission in the 1970s
Vikings May Have Used Body Modification as a 'Sign of Identification'
A recent study analyzes Scandinavian examples of filed teeth and elongated skulls dating to the Viking Age
Is This Stingray-Shaped Rock the Oldest Known Animal Art?
While they urge caution, researchers think an artist may have traced a stingray in the sand some 130,000 years ago
This Museum Lets Visitors Talk to A.I. Copies of World War II Veterans
Eighteen Americans who participated in the war effort each answered up to 1,000 questions on camera to create their interactive video likenesses
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