The 1980s and 1990s were a pivotal period for the goth subculture, which originated in Britain thanks to the ongoing popularity of punk and the rise of "alternative" fashion. Before long, the allure ...
On the snowy peaks of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth, the dark object in the snow stood out. It was not trash, a piece of equipment, or a protruding stone. It was a boot with a sock ...
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, embarking on a voyage that would change the course of history. While his disputed discovery of the New World is well-known, the mysteries ...
On South Korea’s largest island, Jeju, there is a community of women known as the Haenyeo. The Haenyeo are divers who specialize in gathering seafood like conches, seaweed, and octopuses. Some Haenyeo ...
In November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, sank into the frigid waters of the Weddell Sea near Antarctica. Now, new images show how the ship has fared at the bottom of the ocean ...
Recent excavations of a Neolithic site in Sandomierz-Mokoszyn, Poland, uncovered something completely unexpected. An archaeological team that was originally trying to confirm the existence of a ...
Elaine Parent, a notorious con artist and murderer, operated for decades in the United States and England using more than 20 stolen identities. She began her career as a legitimate real estate agent ...
Amid ongoing work at the site of a former nightclub in Dover, England, archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of artifacts from what they believe to be a centuries-old pub. The team from Canterbury ...
Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it ...
Planet Earth is defined by astonishing extremes, from the deepest part of the ocean to the world’s highest peak. It’s a planet where everything from flora and fauna to terrain and temperature can vary ...
Located in the southeast of Iran, the Lut Desert (Dasht-e Lut) spreads across 5 million acres. Its name is Persian and describes a place without water or vegetation. And the name is apt — Lut is the ...
More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote such a gruesome account of the burial rites of the Scythian people that modern-day scholars have dismissed his work as pure exaggeration.