The genealogy company has digitized and published 38,000 newspaper articles from between 1788 and 1867—before Black Americans were counted as citizens in the U.S. census
The "excellently preserved" chess knight, six-sided die and several other pieces are all about 1,000 years old
A new study suggests people in the Eurasian steppe bred horses around 2200 B.C.E., challenging earlier ideas about the beginnings of horse husbandry
A genetic analysis of opulent burial mounds in Germany sheds new light on how power passed through family lines
The 86-square-foot space is adorned with artworks depicting female figures and agricultural imagery
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A new exhibition begins long before the creation of the Negro Leagues and ends with the triumphs and challenges of today's players
New research offers evidence that humans did not inhabit the island of Timor until around 44,000 years ago, suggesting it was not part of the original migration route from Southeast Asia to Australia
The celebration commemorates June 19, 1865, when a military decree informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were free
The well-preserved artifact may belong to a special class of high-quality, engraved weapons
One researcher thinks the structure was used for ancient rituals during a period of bitter cold
One of the vessels dates back around 4,500 years, making it the oldest ever found in the Great Lakes region
Archaeologists are puzzled by the 2,000-year-old burial site uncovered in central France
The collection includes artifacts spanning the ninth century B.C.E. to the second century C.E.
A recent discovery in a Polish library of 27 books that were thought to have been lost sheds light on the breadth of the German scholars' work
The USS Harder, known by the nickname "Hit ‘em HARDER," was led by a commander known for his 'particularly audacious attacks' on Japanese warships
Cut marks on canine bones demonstrate that English colonists relied on dogs for meals
An Egyptologist recently concluded that a fragment of an overlooked granite coffin bears the great pharaoh's name
Nash became a flight attendant in 1957 and never stopped working
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By putting an ancient skull under the microscope, scientists are proving that cancer research is about 1,000 years older than previously thought
Researchers recently discovered bloodshed-themed stick-figure sketches in a cluster of houses in the doomed ancient city
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