The remains of iron beds rise above the ashes of a burned-out block after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921. A buried pit that could be a mass grave has been found in a cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma…
How one 1999 murder could result in the most significant restoration of tribal jurisdiction over Native American land in U.S. history. Library of CongressA map outlining the various Native American territories within Oklahoma. 1892. Update: This article has been amended…
Aerial view of the Pantokratoros Monastery on Nov. 07, 2017, in Mount Athos, Greece. A so-called all-male “holy mountain” in northern Greece has hosted Christian monasteries for nearly 2,000 years, with women strictly prohibited. But one woman may have somehow…
A researcher at the site said, “I remember when we got the dates back, and we just sat back and said ‘Holy moly, this is old.’” Grant Callegari/Hakai Institute A team of Canadian Ph.D students discovered an ancient village that…
Here, one of the 3,500-year-old tombs discovered in Greece. It was covered with watermelon-sized stones when archaeologists found it. The bodies of ancient princes and princesses may have rested in two ancient tombs lined with gold that were recently found…
Merit Ptah is often cited as the first woman doctor, but new findings suggest she never existed. Merit Ptah was an ancient Egyptian physician, often revered as the world’s first female doctor. She was thought to live nearly 5,000 years…
Replicas of two historic viking long-boats at Lofoten Islands, Norway. When archaeologists excavated an unusual Viking grave site in Norway, they dug up two bodies … along with the remnants of two massive boats. After hundreds of years underground, only…
Famous painters da Vinci and Rembrandt, though from different centuries, had one oddity in common: The way the artists saw themselves in the mirror was likely a bit different than how others saw them, according to new findings. The Renaissance…
This horned “rook” may be the world’s oldest-known chess piece. In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction. Or, it can sit stone-still and guard the pieces around it, potentially…
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The remains of a Viking ship that was 52 to 56 feet (16 to 17 meters) long were found near a medieval church at Edøy, on the island of Smøla in Norway. The remains of a Viking ship have been…