The Thera volcano, on modern-day Santorini, buried Akrotiri in ash in the 17th or 16th century B.C.E. The eruption was one of the largest in recorded history Aileen Weintraub | Freelance writer The ...
New historical research shows how the city of Exeter hunted down accused witches while the rest of the country relented. Its prosecution of benign local sleuths shows how far the authorities were will ...
The Bangka slow loris is still close to extinction, but new research suggests it continues to survive on a tropical Indonesian island. Conservationists are calling for stronger habitat protections and ...
The operation marks a major milestone in efforts to address the risks posed by the sunken American military cargo ship, which still contains a massive cache of unexploded munitions ...
Invictibellatrix amberina was a long-clawed, tiger-size dinosaur that lived around 120 million years ago. It's helping ...
Why is the gunboat Philadelphia flat-bottomed? A look at how America’s oldest surviving warship was built, and what ...
Following low snowfall and record-breaking summer heat, the Italian Army is hunting for unexploded shells and bombs. "When ...
A new exhibition at the Vatican Museums highlights a century of collaboration with Mercedes-Benz, showcasing eight papal ...
When a seven-eared stem emerged from the ground, it seemed like a miracle. What Claudio Grossi had unearthed was an ancient ...
Tree-ring dating shows that a historic tavern in Somerset has been continually operating as an inn since the 1430s, when ...
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