History

The ceremonial heads were used by indigenous South American peoples, and a modern scan technique can be used to tell which ones are authentic.

A customer spotted the ancient clock on eBay and contacted the police.

Fort Stanwix, located in Rome, New York, and known as the fort that never surrendered, is one of the landmarks of American history.

The daguerreotype was discovered in 2020 by Daniel Larsen, Smith Jr.'s great-great-grandson, and confirmed recently by another Smith Jr. family descendant.

A Twitter thread has gone viral after it highlighted the similarities in attitudes towards work and workers through the centuries.

History comes to life in the upcoming war movie that is a follow-up to South Korea's most-watched and highest-grossing film of all time.

Newsweek spoke to playwright Liza Powel O'Brien about her new podcast "Significant Others" released in collaboration with Team Coco.

The unpublished 280-page manuscript appears to be the only documented account of the historic journey around the world.

If you're planning on getting married this year you may want to consider Rome as your location, and right now it comes at a discount price!

The discovery of the graves of four pre-Hispanic Mexican children has given an insight into the difficult living conditions that followed the fall of the Aztec Empire.

"A rare Davy Crockett letter that perfectly illustrates the honesty and the fire which made him a folk hero," Bonhams noted.

"They look like sphinx cats as well, so that also makes them look more significant," one Redditor said.

The new book by Andrew Chatterton has lifted the lid on the network of civilian saboteurs and spies trained to defeat Adolf Hitler's army.

Climate data stored in a cave shows a lack of rain around the year 520 coincided with societal upheaval in Arabia.

A local fisherman has found pieces of the shipwreck near Astoria, Oregon, the setting for the 1985 film "The Goonies"

Russian researchers discovered the mummified remains of a shaman inside a sarcophagus who was buried wearing silk and fur.

Black British composer, teacher and opera singer Amanda Aldridge, who used the pseudonym Montague Ring, is being celebrated by Google Doodle.

Photographer Neill Drake has recreated a photo from 1918 to show the melting of the Norwegian Blomstrandbreen Glacier.

The "Becoming Elizabeth" cast, and creator Anya Reiss, share the incredible true story behind the new Starz series, and how they brought the show to life.

The huge clawed dinosaur was recently depicted in the trailer for Jurassic World: Dominion. Here's what we know about it.

It was believed that the 120 million-year-old Longipterygidae family's long beaks with sharp teeth at the tip put them in a similar class to modern kingfishers.

From coronations to pandemics, Newsweek looks back at some of the most historic events that have happened during Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign.

Their fast reaction allowed them to discover over 100 ancient clay tablets.

Fossil findings in the Grand Canyon suggest these big cats roamed the area tens of thousands of years ago.

A viral post misleadingly suggests World Economic Forum leader Klaus Schwab's father was closely tied to Adolf Hitler.

The property also has an abandoned Cadillac hearse in its garage, creepy graffiti on its walls and filing cabinets full of funeral records.

The former president shared a post on Truth Social calling for a new civil war in response to U.S. inflation.

The national holiday remembers the lives of those who died defending their country during the Civil War.

The bill shows that the new mother stayed at the hospital for 11 days, with charges for the stay including $1 tests and medication.

The ancient art piece was likely looted by an American soldier in Germany during World War II.