The Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires in history. Starting in 27 B.C.E. after the fall of the Roman Republic, the impact of the Roman Empire — and its expansion across Europe and beyond — ...

Thomas Jefferson enslaved hundreds of people and had six children with one of them, Sally Hemings, yet he also called the institution a "moral depravity" and ordered Congress to abolish the ...

The Bible says very little about what Jesus looked like. And for centuries after his death, likely due to concerns about idolatry, artists wouldn’t even create depictions of the Son of God. So, the ...

Esther Rolle, The Pioneering Actress Who Pushed Back Against Black Stereotypes On Television ...

In the summer of 1979, a 32-year-old man named William Bonin set out on a grisly crime spree in southern California that left at least 14 boys and young men dead. His victims were between the ages of ...

Described as a reptilian creature with spines along its back, the Chupacabra is a legendary creature of the American Southwest known for attacking livestock and drinking their blood. Few cryptids are ...

Patricio Lujan was a young boy in New Mexico in the 1930s when a normal day with his family in Santa Fe was interrupted by the sight of a strange woman near their property. The family watched in ...

Archeologists conducting a dig underneath the Cressoni Theater in Como, Italy were surprised by the astounding discovery of hundreds of gold coins that date back to the late Roman imperial era in the ...

The graves and burial mound of two Iron Age teenagers have been excavated in Kazakhstan to reveal a treasure trove of fine items. The team of researchers behind the excavation believe that the two ...

Rediscovered some 200 years ago, the ancient Egyptian temple of Esna has held 2,000-year-old secrets in its walls that are just now seeing the light of day. Thanks to an ambitious restoration project ...

From the deranged doctor Josef Mengele to the cruel propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, the names of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi henchmen — and henchwomen — have become synonymous with evil. Of all the ...

‘Ocean Census’ Project Discovers 866 New Species, From A Guitar Shark To A Mud Dragon To An Octocoral ...