Archaeologists have completed the first comprehensive technological mapping of an intricate underground tunnel system beneath the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, revealing a sophisticated network of ...

Back on planet Earth, and deep inside a pitch-black, sulfuric cave on the Albanian-Greek border, we reported on a study that ...

I t’s time to say hello to an old friend again. The first near-Earth asteroid ever discovered by humans, 433 Eros, will have a close fly-by of Earth this weekend, and it should stay visible for a few ...

History Hit's Tristan Hughes explores the destruction of Pompeii, using extraordinary eyewitness testimony and the ...

Clues from archaeology, climate records, and genetics reveal the pressures Neanderthals faced during their final millennia.

Forensic evaluation can be applied to bodies that are long dead and poorly preserved. Dental records, DNA analysis, and ...

Learn more about magnetic “switchbacks,” an odd magnetic twist that wasn’t expected to happen so close to home.

Learn more about the “Marree Man,” a gigantic geoglyph carved into the Australian outback whose creator still remains a mystery. Stephanie Edwards is the marketing coordinator at Discover Magazine, ...

The Kecksburg UFO incident occurred on December 9, 1965, when a fireball was spotted in the sky and seemed to land in ...

An international team of researchers has reevaluated what the scientific community considers the oldest datable record of a ...

Archaeologists have found a lost Silk Road settlement including the remains of a submerged necropolis within the world's ...

In a world where retail therapy often leads to wallet trauma, there exists a magical place in Wilmington where bargains multiply like rabbits and treasures lurk behind every rack. The Salvation Army ...