The team headed to Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, where they were granted permission to collect the yeast ...

In most Christian churches across the West, the Virgin Mary is portrayed with light skin, much like her son Jesus Christ. But an estimated 400 to 500 versions of the Madonna portray her with dark skin ...

During the spring and summer of 1974, police in the Pacific Northwest were in a panic. Young women at colleges across Washington and Oregon were disappearing at an alarming rate, and law enforcement ...

The Conjuring, one of the most popular horror franchises in Hollywood history, put Ed Warren and his wife Lorraine on the international stage. Portrayed in the films by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga ...

Archaeologists from Selçuk University recently discovered several mosaics depicting aquatic animals during excavations at the remains of Herakleia, an ancient city found at the western foothills of ...

Archaeologists exploring the ancient ruins of Finziade, the last Greek colony on the island of Sicily, recently discovered a mold used to create masks depicting the mythological Gorgon Medusa during ...

Legends of dragons have long captivated humankind. In the Western world, they came to be associated with greed, treasure, and killing anyone who entered their lairs. But not all dragons in European ...

During excavations at the Rašaška archaeological site, researchers uncovered the headless and contorted remains of a suspected vampire.

In April 2006, almost every member of the Richardson family was brutally murdered inside their home in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. There was only one survivor in the family: 12-year-old Jasmine ...

In 2015, an Australian health influencer named Belle Gibson had built a wellness empire. By just 23, she’d launched a popular app called The Whole Pantry and written an accompanying cookbook. Her ...