History

Archaeologists have uncovered cave drawings located in eastern France that are more than 12,000-years-old, but were hidden for hundreds of years thanks to graffiti.

Archaeologists have uncovered cave drawings in eastern France that are more than 12,000 years old, but were hidden for hundreds of years under graffiti from the 16th to 19th centuries.

A natural pearl and diamond pendant that once belonged to doomed French Queen Marie Antoinette was sold at auction for over $36 million in Switzerland on Wednesday. The sale sets a new auction record for a natural pearl, according to auction house Sotheby’s.

Archaeologists in Greece believe they have discovered the long-lost remains of Tenea, a city built by Trojan War prisoners.

Archaeologists in Greece have located the remains of a lost city believed to have been settled by captives from the Trojan War.

Jewelry that once belonged to doomed French Queen Marie Antoinette will be auctioned at Sotheby's in Switzerland, where it is expected to sell for millions of dollars.

Jewelry that once belonged to doomed French Queen Marie Antoinette is set to go on auction in Switzerland Wednesday, where it is expected to sell for millions of dollars.

After more than 10 hours of discussion and public input, the Texas State Board of Education on Tuesday tentatively agreed to keep Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller in the state’s social studies curriculum.

A previously-unknown 1,500-year-old painting of Christ’s face has been uncovered at a Byzantine church in Israel’s Negev desert.

A previously-unknown 1,500-year-old painting of Christ's face, believed to date from the sixth century A.D., has been uncovered at a Byzantine church in Israel's Negev desert. In the painting, Christ is depicted next to a much larger figure, which is probably John the Baptist.