Eight years ago, in the back of an old cabinet in Amsterdam, a small silver coin was found. It’s roughly the size of a nickel and technically has a silver value of just $1.03. However, there is ...

Italian authorities were recently alerted to photos of ancient Etruscan artifacts circulating online, including sarcophagi, urns, and funerary objects. The images highly suggested the items had been ...

“Don’t forget today,” General George E. Pickett cried to his troops on July 3, 1863, “that you are from Old Virginia!” With that, three brigades of 5,400 Confederate soldiers from Virginia poured ...

Archaeologists at an Ecuadorian historical site have revealed that two individuals they unearthed were infants that had “helmets” made from the skulls of other children wrapped around their heads.