Experience the most fascinating photography collections of the year.

Possible world's oldest pyramid discovered, 18th-century rockets unearthed, CIA dog experiments from the Cold War revealed.

500-year-old skeleton with thigh-high leather boots unearthed, Einstein's "God letter" sold at auction, Crusades-era gold coins uncovered.

"I was sitting at a bar and said to my wife, 'Hey, I want to get a statue made of a middle finger, and I’m going to put it up on the lawn'... If you don’t want to look at the building, look at this."

Half of Oklahoma may be returned to the Cherokee, archaeologists uncover two mummies in Egypt, murder map reveals the danger spots of medieval London.

"She faced so many challenges head-on and she was a survivor through everything. The only thing she couldn’t overcome was a bullet."

Cambodian genocide perpetrators brought to justice, ancient Trojan city uncovered in Greece, erotic Roman fresco found in Pompeii.

Photo of Hitler hugging a Jewish girl sells at auction, Harvard researcher determines history's worst year, archaeologists unearth Egyptian cat mummies.

Nazi camp guard on trial at age 94, mystery of Earth's oldest natural mummy finally solved, dirty joke found on 2,000-year-old bathroom mosaic.

Haunting Pompeii skeletons unearthed, Salem witch trials house goes up for sale, mysteries of Egypt's pyramids unlocked.

College students open up 1993 time capsule, researchers uncover world's oldest shipwreck, archaeologists find oldest weapons in North America.