William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, the 5th Duke of Portland, possessed immense wealth and a sprawling English estate.

In 1972, a team of archaeologists excavating a burnt ancient city in northwestern Iran uncovered an astonishing sight hidden within a plaster-lined brick bin.

In the late 19th century, a man walked into a Tokyo telegraph office and demanded to send an urgent message to a foreign diplomat, claiming to be a high-ranking imperial minister.

A faintly stained 14-foot, 3-inch (4.34-meter) linen cloth kept in Italy bears the image of a crucified man.

Earth has seven continents, but massive tectonic forces are actively tearing one apart. Africa is slowly splitting in two, a geological event that will eventually birth a new ocean.

Before becoming an e-commerce giant with billions of dollars in yearly revenue, a young delivery company faced immediate bankruptcy.

Before the American Civil War erupted, a complex and largely unknown economic reality existed in the United States.

Philip Zimbardo is a name etched into the annals of 20th-century psychology, best known for a six-day prison simulation that shattered societal assumptions about human character.

In the eighteenth century, Roman Catholics formed a clandestine society centered around small dogs.

A single tree blossoms into a patchwork of pink, crimson, and white flowers every spring.