More than 20 people who excavated King Tutankhamun's tomb in the 1920s later died young from a range of maladies.
The historic Wiltshire monument, which dates back over 5,000 years, is well known for its solar alignments.
For years, archaeologists have remained divided over the discovery of alleged giant skeletons and artifacts.
The hunt is on for King Arthur's famous blade... even though nobody is sure that it actually exists at all.
A recent paper concerning the controversial site in Indonesia has been fully retracted by publishers.
Scientists have spent decades attempting to locate the long-lost medieval Yorkshire city of Ravenser Odd.
Historian Michael D. Bailey explores witchcraft down the ages and why people believed that witches could fly.
A new facial reconstruction has revealed, for the first time, the true face of the writer, poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri.
The intriguing find suggests that metalworking techniques were more advanced than we thought 3,000 years ago.
The huge structure could potentially be the oldest Stone Age megastructure built by humans in Europe.
The Canadian grade eight student wanted to see if the idea of setting ships on fire with mirrors was plausible.
Three researchers have been awarded a $700,000 prize for producing the first readable text from the previously unreadable scrolls.
LiDAR technology has made it possible for archaeologists to peer beneath the dense foliage.
For years, the city of Pompeii has been associated with stories of bad luck inflicted on anyone who removes anything from the site.
The remarkably well-preserved sword has been described as a 'major archaeological sensation'.
For centuries, the whereabouts of the celebrated astronomer's final resting place had remained a mystery.
Here we take a look back at the most popular historical mysteries and discoveries from the last twelve months.
For thousands of years, the Indigenous Coast Salish people bred special dogs that had thick, long white hair.
First used centuries ago, this unique form of whistle makes the haunting sound of a blood-curdling scream.
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient fortress built by hunter-gatherers in Siberia's Lower Ob' region.