Africa's split is due to tectonic activity in the Great Rift Valley that will eventually divide the continent and create a new, sixth ocean.

Found in three pieces and missing its head, this miniature marble artifact is all the more rare for depicting Hercules' lesser-known seventh labor, the capture of the Cretan bull.

As depicted in Killers of the Flower Moon, Ernest Burkhart and his uncle William Hale perpetrated a number of brutal murders against the Osage people throughout the 1920s in order to inherit their lucrative oil headrights.

Dubbed the Patrick-Middleton spoon, researchers believe the flat, strawberry-shaped artifact may have been used by Iron Age people to forecast the future.

Tezcatlipoca, the Aztec creator god who was often depicted as a jaguar, was credited with helping to form the world — but he also inspired gruesome human sacrifices.

A tomb unearthed in Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud in 2022 has been determined to be the original resting place of Pharaoh Thutmose II, whose reign ended with his death in 1479 B.C.E.

Ever since it was put on public display in Lirey, France in 1355, the Shroud of Turin has inspired passionate debates about its authenticity from religious leaders and scientists alike.

Sightings of a featureless shadow figure in a wide-brimmed hat known as the Hat Man have been linked to sleep paralysis and the overuse of Benadryl, but those who have seen the eerie entity think he may be something much more menacing.

While searching for World War II relics, metal detectorists Rafal Proszowski and Mariusz Lampa discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sword that may have been part of an ancient burial ceremony.

The results were immediately surprising as researchers detected overwhelmingly satisfying scents with notes that were "woody," "spicy," and "sweet" in ways that were comparable to smoke, flowers, incense, and tea.

Oliver Reed was once warned by a doctor that his heavy drinking could lead to his demise, and on May 2, 1999, he died of a heart attack at a pub in Malta after a drinking contest with a group of sailors.