Tag: history

A new study suggests that Crusades-era clay vessels unearthed in Jerusalem might actually be a very, very early version of hand grenades, a conclusion which I’m sure anyone out there ...

Have you ever hoped to make a major find at a garage sale or a thrift store? Well, one Texas woman, who is always on the lookout for such things, ...

"I’ve found a lot of interesting things at Goodwill in the past."

In Turkey, archaeologists think they may have found the largest underground city in the world -- and it was potentially used to hide persecuted Christians. The discovery, made in the ...

Palestinian rioters vandalized Joseph’s Tomb Saturday night amid a new spike in tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. The latest spark was set off by a Thursday night terror attack in ...

Of all the times the president says "not a joke" to deal with tall tales involving his life, he might wish this was very much a joke.

"The preservation is beyond imagination."

A drought is never a good thing, but for one village in Concello de Lobios, Spain, it's an opportunity for a rare, eerie appearance. As drought ravaged the area, the ...

The fabled RMS Titanic, which sank in 1912 in one of the most chronicled maritime disasters in history, is slowly vanishing as it sits on the floor of the Atlantic ...

The date was Sept. 9, 1942. Less than a year earlier, imperial Japan launched a surprise attack against Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a major American naval base. Instead of crippling the ...

Who had betrayed them?

"Christ crucified for the sins of the world is the Christ that the people need."

Chelsey Brown of New York is an interior decorator. She loves design and making people's spaces beautiful, but she also has a hobby that she wishes could be her full-time ...

The drive to bring history to life is real for many around the world. One particular Christian example is Noah's Ark and the people who have labored to create replicas ...

In 2016, Albion Archaeology began assessing an area in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, ahead of a proposed housing tract being built. They uncovered a sizeable Roman settlement, previously unknown, that seemed to ...

Everyone who scours estate sales, frequents thrift stores and buys the contents of old storage units hopes to land it big: To beat the system, to find a treasure worth ...

One small piece of a Kentucky family’s memories will survive despite the tornadoes that ripped through western Kentucky overnight Friday. Katie Posten of New Albany, Indiana, wrote a social media ...

Location is an incredibly important factor when searching for a house. Some prefer homes nestled between other homes in cozy neighborhoods, while others prefer some breathing room and a more ...

The pages were likely written from 1913 to 1914.

Someone just landed a significant piece of American history after an unprecedented sale of property that once belonged to George Washington. The River View estate -- so named for its ...