The great Egyptian Pyramids of Giza have inspired awe and wonder and, quite likely, fierce speculation from the momen...

Queen Nefertiti was once the most beautiful and powerful woman in Egypt, renowned throughout the ancient world. But s...

In 79 AD, the volcano Vesuvius exploded in one of history's deadliest eruptions, burying the city of Pompeii and othe...

For centuries, adventurers, and archeologists--the devout and determined, and even Indiana Jones--have all searched f...

For all its fame, the Holy Grail remains shrouded in mystery. What exactly was it? Could it have survived to this day...

In 1991, a pair of vacationing German hikers stumbled onto one of the most remarkable finds in the history of archaeo...

Of all the rulers mentioned in the Bible, King Solomon was purportedly the wisest...and the richest! The reason? His ...

The Maya of Central America were the greatest pyramid builders of the ancient world. The Egyptians built less than a ...

The mystery of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel has fascinated people through the ages. Explorers claim to have discovere...

Etched into the driest desert in the world, the mysterious lines and figures of Nazca in Southern Peru are invisible ...

It was a fable that fueled a thousand fevered explorations into the mountains and rainforests of South America. The m...

On the remotest island on the face of the planet stand the massive, enigmatic stone statues of Easter Island. Who car...

In the American Southwest, there is no more puzzling mystery than the magnificent stone cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde...