Accused of declaring himself the son of God and the "King of the Jews," Jesus was crucified in the Roman province of Judaea in 30 or 33 C.E.

Discover the most enthralling mythical creatures from folklore and fairy tales — and learn about the legends that inspired them.

The labyrinth was discovered at the highest point of Papoura Hill in Crete and was probably some kind of "community building."

The tallest person in the world was Robert Wadlow, who famously stood 8 feet, 11 inches tall. But he's far from the only exceptionally tall person from history.

After noticing the word "Jesus" in the text, researchers realized that this seemingly insignificant papyrus contained a part of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which had been left out of the Bible.

With an average daily temperature of 94 degrees Fahrenheit, Dallol, Ethiopia is considered the hottest inhabited place on Earth — and one of the most beautiful.

Just 16 similar masks have ever been found, and they were likely used by an ancient people as a form of ancestor worship.

The room was likely a sacrarium, or a shrine where ancient Romans kept sacred objects and worshipped household deities.

Soon-Yi Previn was 21 years old when she first shared a kiss with filmmaker Woody Allen, who was then 56 and the long-time boyfriend of Soon-Yi's adoptive mother, Mia Farrow.

Though their story remains largely shrouded in mystery, experts suspect that the newborns were a rare type of twins in which each baby has a different father — and that they were ritualistically sacrificed.