The flash flood of ash comes on the heels of a fire that scorched 119,000 acres of mountain land.

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The study's author says these structures built in the 4th century B.C. are the earliest known accessibility ramps ever discovered.

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The bull managed to leave a "Coke can-sized" hole in the hunter’s leg — but died shortly after.

In 11th-century Japan, Lady Murasaki Shikibu had a vision that inspired her to write a novel whose vivid scrolls survive to this day.

Count Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès vanished after the murders of his wife and four children in 2011 — and no one has seen him since.

The peculiar box comes with a number of tools believed to be effective in warding off evil, including empty potion bottles, a vial of sharks' teeth, a Bible, and a pistol.

Officially named Advhena magnifica, or magnificent alien, this new glass sponge species found in the deep Pacific Ocean looks a lot like an alien from a Hollywood movie.

From 1943 to 1945, a civilian task force of 345 Allied academics known as the Monuments Men managed to save 5 million cultural relics.

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