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November 15, 2017

Trap door revealed secret Michelangelo room that public may soon be able to see

For two months in 1530, Michelangelo hid in a secret underground room beneath the Medici Chapels, "fill[ing] the walls with drawings" to forget his fears, as he later recalled.

November 15, 2017

Puritans' 'luxury items' unearthed in Boston

Archaeologists in Boston have unearthed surprising luxury items from the 17th century, shedding new light on the lives of Puritans in the city.

November 15, 2017

These rodent-like creatures are the earliest known ancestor of humans, whales and shrews

The earliest known ancestors of the mammal lineage that includes everything from humans, to blue whales, to pygmy shrews may have been nocturnal, rodent-like creatures that evolved much earlier than previously thought.

November 14, 2017

Will cannonball discovery lead to lost galleon's sunken 'treasure'?

Underwater archaeologists in Japan have found a cannonball that could lead to the sunken remains of a once-treasure-laden Spanish galleon.

November 14, 2017

Prehistoric mammals wouldn't have messed with this huge otter

Six million years ago, the shallow swamps of what's now southern China may have been dominated by massive, 110-lb.

November 14, 2017

On an uninhabited Caribbean island, a trove of Pre-Columbian cave art

Imagine a social-networking site that predates not only the internet but even a European presence in the Americas.

November 13, 2017

'Chilean Titanic' mystery solved after 95 years as experts locate wreck

Researchers have finally located the wreck of the ship known as the ‘Chilean Titanic’ that sank 95 years ago.

November 9, 2017

Elvis Presley's divorce papers up for auction

Divorce settlement papers from Elvis and Priscilla Presley will be up for auction in the U.K. this weekend.

November 7, 2017

Ancient workout: Archaeologists in Egypt discover 2,300-year-old gymnasium

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed an ancient gymnasium that dates back to the third century B.C.

November 7, 2017

One snub of Hitler may have changed history

A snub appears to have led Adolf Hitler to the Nazi party.