This video delves into five of the darkest World War II artifacts preserved in historian Jared Frederick’s collection. Each ...

Archaeologists find four mass graves along a Czech highway, revealing soldiers from two wars fought 121 years apart.

See rare WWII bomb crew artifacts and atomic veterans stories at The Highground exhibit, open daily until March 1.

At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...

In Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum has been undergoing an extensive renovation, with a new layout and exhibits.

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking leap in identifying a set of gilt‑bronze armor fittings adorned with an intricate ...

While searching a former World War II battlefield, we uncover numerous artifacts left behind in the final days of the conflict — including a sealed container buried for nearly 80 years. Opening this ...

In April 1746, troops met near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands for a brief but deadly battle. One group, known as the Jacobites, was led by Charles Edward Stuart, who sought to restore the Stuart ...

Defendants in the dock at Nuremberg. Hermann Göring, his head propped on his fist, sits at far left. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum / National Archives In the fall of 1945, a bit more than ...

Underwater recovery off the Aegadian Islands in Sicily uncovered a Montefortino-style Roman war helmet. The helmet was likely part of the First Punic War from 241 B.C. Experts call the helmet one of ...

A treasure trove of metal artifacts, including a bronze Roman military helmet in an "extraordinary state of preservation," has been recovered from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, researchers say.