Uncover the mysteries of Surtshellir, Iceland’s lava cave linked to Viking outlaws and pagan rituals, with ties to Norse mythology and the fire giant Surtr.
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Mono Lake, California is a mysterious alien world dominated by strange limestone formations, volcanic eruptions, and harsh alkali water.
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Lake Avernus was once steeped in Greek mythology that transformed the lake into a place of gods and oracles connected with Hades.
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Kinbane Castle (b.1547) is a reminder of Northern Ireland’s turbulent history and time when the powerful Scottish MacDonnell clan ruled the Glens of Antrim.
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New research and satellite imagery may have found the location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the ancient Assyrian city of Ninevah.
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Science is now beginning to tell us who and why hundreds of Roopkund Lake skeletons lay scattered in the Himalayas.
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The Samnites built up Pietrabbondante with temples, a theater, and cult structures. After the Romans conquered them, they abandoned the sanctuary for good.
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A monumental discovery of a painted tomb, T.9890, in Pontecagnano, Italy, occurred in 2017. It contained three bodies and dates to the third century BCE.
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Cahokia Mounds are the remains of the largest North American city which included 120 earthen mounds built by Mississippians between 800-1200 CE in Illinois.
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People of Centralia, PA, knew the coal fire was moving when service station gas tanks began heating up and a 12-year-old fell in a sinkhole.
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Discoveries in Gricignano d’Aversa, Italy, reveal ancient villages, burials, abandonment, and rich cultural diversity of the Campania region.
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The Terracotta Soldiers are a beautiful example of realism in sculpture and were never made before in ancient China. So how were they made?
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The Salman Rushdie fatwa – a death threat – was issued for “blasphemy” by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989 in response to Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses.”
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Discovered in the Fayum Basin, the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, are the most significant deposit of ancient writings ever found.
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In 1974, archaeologists discovered over 8,000 terracotta army figurines buried in Shaanxi, China. Each warrior contains amazing details.