This is the story of Gianni Versace’s life, murder, and legacy. Born on Dec. 2, 1946, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, to a poor ...

Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it ...

Patricio Lujan was a young boy in New Mexico in the 1930s when a normal day with his family in Santa Fe was interrupted by the sight of a strange woman near their property. The family watched in ...

Elaine Parent, a notorious con artist and murderer, operated for decades in the United States and England using more than 20 stolen identities. She began her career as a legitimate real estate agent ...

Alongside Tetraites and Prudes is another famous fighting duo: Priscus and Verus. Once the Colosseum was finished in 80 C.E., its completion was celebrated with a number of opening day games. Part of ...

In 1988, two scuba divers off the coast of Bulala, Sicily discovered the wreck of an ancient Greek ship from the 5th century B.C.E., later named “Gela II.” The ship was initially explored in 1995, and ...

Planet Earth is defined by astonishing extremes, from the deepest part of the ocean to the world’s highest peak. It’s a planet where everything from flora and fauna to terrain and temperature can vary ...

At Ayasuluk Hill in İzmir, Türkiye, archaeologists recently made a remarkable discovery when they unearthed a tomb belonging to a Roman gladiator from the third century C.E. Just as remarkable, ...

Despite what the gory illustrations may suggest, the act of drilling holes into a person’s head was not a medieval torture method. This act, called trepanation, is actually a millennia-old medical ...

Scotland has the Loch Ness monster. Florida has the skunk ape. And Wyoming has the jackalope, an elusive but beloved rabbit-like cryptid with the antlers of a deer. So, are jackalopes real? It depends ...

Located in the southeast of Iran, the Lut Desert (Dasht-e Lut) spreads across 5 million acres. Its name is Persian and describes a place without water or vegetation. And the name is apt — Lut is the ...