Used during the Middle Ages, oubliettes were pit-like prisons where doomed victims were left to slowly starve or go mad.

The rare octagonal sword may date to the 14th century B.C.E. and was found buried with a man, woman, and child in Bavaria.

The meaning of Humpty Dumpty has remained mysterious for centuries, but there are some possible historical explanations for the nursery rhyme.

Olivier Lepick, the mayor of Carnac, France, has faced nationwide criticism for approving the destruction of the stones that he claims he was told were of "low architectural value."

A brilliant polymath, Benjamin Franklin was just 11 years old when he became an inventor — and he went on to create a wealth of innovative devices that would change America forever.

Many of the skeletons appear to have been dug up and decapitated — in order to keep these suspected vampires from rising out of the grave.

In ancient times, decimation was used by Roman military leaders to brutally punish their own soldiers for cowardice and insubordination.

The new facial reconstruction of King Tut, which used new technology and drew on old research, suggests that the young Egyptian pharoah had the face of a "delicate" student.

The TikTok deepfakes are realistic and disturbing, and run the risk of re-victimizing murder victims' families.

Though Abraham Lincoln had four sons, his last undisputed direct descendant, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, died in 1985, apparently ending the family line.

Jung Yoo-jung, 23, is accused of killing a stranger after developing an obsession with true crime books and TV shows.