The battered and sand-scraped 1920s leather case has the distinctive initials of Howard Carter on its lid. When he finished in the desert in 1939, he gave it to a lad from Bishop who had become an ...

In December 1795, ploughman John Shipley was working in a field in the Yorkshire village of Wold Newton when he heard a ...

Explore key historical events from Sunday, Feb. 16, to Saturday, Feb.22, including King Tut's tomb unsealing, Fidel Castro's ...

Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying “God bless You” is the correct response to a sneeze. 1486: Maximillian I ...

King Tut's tomb opened in 1923, John Glenn orbits Earth in 1962, Nixon's plan to stem inflation in 1973, Dale Earnhardt dies ...

Recent video footage captures a powerful hailstorm sweeping through Al Hinakiyah in Saudi Arabia's Al Madinah region. The storm covered roads and landscapes in ice, creating striking winter-like ...

Throughout history, people have believed in the power of curses—mystical forces capable of bringing misfortune, illness, or ...