A 1.4-million-year-old fossil jaw discovered in a South African cave in 1949 has now been identified as that of a previously ...

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Urban legends continue to swirl around it with a number of theories alluding to its mystery with scientists now claiming to ...

The prize in this art heist is worth more than its gold. To Romania, the ancient helmet is a priceless cultural heirloom. To ...

One of the most intriguing sections of the museum is dedicated to the famous Patterson-Gimlin film. This short piece of footage, shot in 1967, purportedly shows a female Bigfoot walking along a ...

A documentary on UFOs made in secret is set to drop the “biggest discovery” in the history of human kind, it has been claimed. The Age of the Disclosure includes on-the-record interviews with ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman-era cemetery in England with the unique burial of a “high-status individual” encased in liquid gypsum at its centre. Researchers found that the central ...

Researchers from the privately owned Headland Archaeology suspect the glass vessel may have once held a toast or libation for the deceased before it was placed in the grave. Such a burial would have ...

Researchers from the privately owned Headland Archaeology suspect the glass vessel may have once held a toast or libation for the deceased before it was placed in the grave. Such a burial would ...