Though some ancient Norse legends portray Freydís Eiríksdóttir as a fearless shieldmaiden, others cast her as a merciless murderess.

On August 9, 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four others were gruesomely butchered at her Los Angeles home by followers of cult leader Charles Manson.

While repairing loose floor tiles at St. Peter and Paul Church in the Dutch town of Maastricht, workers recently came upon a centuries-old skeleton — that may belong to the 17th-century French soldier who served King Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard.

From the Five Families of the New York Mafia to organized crime in Chicago and beyond, these mob bosses once ruled the underworld.

Sacha Schneider was using a metal detector to survey the steep slopes that overlook the village of Burg im Leimental when he discovered this nine-inch bronze relic that dates back to the Bronze Age.

Dating back to sometime between 20 and 50 C.E., the cargo found at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel includes everything from amphorae to chariot pieces to ceramic plates and bowls.

Experts believe that one of the defenders of the ancient Greek city of Hippos used this bullet against an invading force sometime in the late 2nd or early first century B.C.E.

After amassing a multibillion-dollar empire as the head of the Juárez Cartel, Amado Carrillo Fuentes died during a botched plastic surgery in July 1997.

The bronze fragments of this medieval weapon appear to date back to 1390, which would make it almost a decade older than the earliest-known handgun up to now.

As 77-year-old Roberto Tessari was walking along a canal near Livorno, he noticed a stone slab peeking out of the water, then flipped it over to discover that it was engraved with several names.