The three-quarter-inch piece discovered in eastern China is 8,500 years older than similar artworks of its kind found in the region.

"Finding Chlamydiae in this environment was completely unexpected... And of course begged the question, what on earth were they doing there?"

The Stellasaurus or 'star lizard' roamed the badlands of Montana some 75 million years ago.

The paving was laid around the time of the Pantheon's original construction between 27 and 25 B.C.

Over 7,000 artifacts have been found at the site, including a 4,000-year-old braid that DNA evidence shows belonged to a direct ancestor of the indigenous people who still live in this region.

Archeologists analyzed a cache of fossilized poop in the Conejo Rock Shelter and found remains of an entire venomous snake, including a head, a fang, and scales.

A private art collector said they paid a furniture restorer $1,350 to clean up a copy of a 17th-century artwork by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.

Leap Castle in Ireland is said to be the world's most haunted, but all of these fortresses are purportedly home to ghosts ranging from malevolent Druid spirits to the young woman who inspired The Ring.

Researchers believe the tool was crafted by Homo erectus, making this only the second time they have found a non-stone tool made by this human ancestor.

Archaeologists speculate that the seventh-century cemetery was once a part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia.