Stored in a castle in the most guarded corners of Dublin, the jewels were taken from a locked strongbox that wasn’t forced ...

Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...

Pando aspen, a massive tree clone, spans over 100 acres in Utah Estimated age ranges from 16,000 to 80,000 years, study ...

The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that wheel-like technologies existed even earlier.

The striking icon of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, depicting the Virgin Mary with her heart pierced by seven swords, is ...

After working on our biggest issue of the year, Best of Santa Barbara®, our Senior Editor Tyler Hayden took a much-needed ...

The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to fetch up to $2 million when ...

The Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is perhaps the most iconic symbol of ancient Rome and a UNESCO World Heritage site. As one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, this ...

“The Houston Domed Stadium,” the world’s first domed sports stadium, was dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World in 1965 when ...

From maps and pickaxes, it is now possible to discover ancient relics from a distance, as in the case of a recent find.

A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler have excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt works in southern Belize, as reported in the journal Antiquity. The team was ...

6. Chichen Itza: Ancient Wonders of the Maya One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza is a need to-visit for ...