The jewelry and piles of chains and gold plates appear to belong to a powerful Saka couple who lived 2,800 years ago.
Captain George Kendall is believed to be the first among the colonists to be executed, but which crime was he killed for?
The 17th-century orb and two crowns were once the property of Karl IX of Sweden.
The 3rd-century sarcophagus contained her skeleton—and a wealth of ancient beauty products.
It was the biggest ship in the U.S. Navy and it disappeared without a trace. More than 100 years later, its fate remains unknown.
The young boy’s remains were adorned with beads, jewels and bells.
The hulking skeletons are believed to have been the descendants of Vikings who colonized northern France and, later, southern Italy and Sicily.
A metalsmith left behind the smeared print while working more than 1,000 years ago on the remote island of Rousay.