Severe drought at Iraq’s Mosul Dam reveals 40 ancient Hellenistic-era tombs, uncovering long-submerged burial practices and hidden history beneath the reservoir.
While museums display meteorite fragments removed from impact sites, Namibia preserves a singular cosmic trophy exactly where it landed. The Hoba meteorite remains untouched at its African resting place.
Everyone loves a good myth, especially when experts roll their eyes. Time passed. Dust settled. Evidence refused to stay buried, and familiar fairy tales suddenly came back, wearing boots, teeth, walls, and fingerprints everywhere.
For decades, Americans could hop on a plane to the United Kingdom with just a valid passport and show up ready for adventure. No pre-travel approvals. No online forms. No extra steps. Passport in hand—that was enough. But that era is officially over.
In northern China, millions still live in ancient cave homes carved into hillsides. Explore the history, daily life, and surprising modern comforts of the Shaanxi cave dwellers.
9-year-old fossil hunter Molly Sampson discovered a rare 15-million-year-old Megalodon tooth on Christmas morning in Maryland, uncovering prehistoric history and inspiring explorers everywhere.
In October 2025, scientists published groundbreaking research in Geophysical Research Letters. A volcano in Iran that hadn't erupted in 700,000 years was moving now. The ground was swelling, and it could disrupt the findings.
Passports don’t always open doors anymore. Political rifts and sudden policy shifts are the deciding factor for where Americans can go. These factors turned ordinary travel dreams to specific nations into an uneasy recalculation.
Cusco has never been just stone and sky. Beneath the footsteps of tourists and locals alike, something older has been listening. Long-ignored stories now read less like legend and more like unfinished history.
Most Americans assume forgetting their ID at the airport means delays, awkward questions, and maybe extra screening. That’s been true for years. But starting in February 2026, that familiar inconvenience won’t just cost you time—it’s going to cost you money, too.
They’re small. They’re mummified. They don’t look human. And once images of them hit the internet, everything exploded. Some people saw proof of extraterrestrial life. Others saw a hoax. What scientists found next didn’t settle the debate—it complicated it.
