Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79.
Archaeologists say the frescos are among the finest to be found in the ruins of the ancient site. Mythical Greek figures such as Helen of Troy are depicte...

Disney’s “Artemis Fowl,” based on the beloved book by Eoin Colfer, is a fantastical, spellbinding adventure that follows the journey of 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he seeks to find his father who has mysteriously disappeared. With the help

While the iconic Empire State and Chrysler buildings have dominated New York's Midtown since the 1930s, one of the largest buildings that the city has ever known - One Vanderbilt - is about to join them on the skyline.

This video shows three direct strikes to the Empire State Building lightning rod after midnight on 4/13/11 during a severe thunderstorm. I actually saw a fourth strike but was not filming. Whoever said lightning doesn't strike twice was wrong. :)

According to ancient astronaut theorists, Ramanujan, the mathematician who lived almost a hundred years ago and whose breakthroughs helped form the basis of superstring theory and multidimensional physics, claimed to have been influenced by otherworldly beings in this clip from Season 11, Episode 5,...

Song: "Lost in Paradise" by composer and pianist David Lanz from his album Finding Paradise.

Listen to the Natural History Museum in London's human origins expert, Chris Stringer, introduce the Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story exhibition and the people who have called this land their home. The dramatic story of ancient Britain, its changing landscapes and the people that lived ...

Beth Moon, a photographer based in San Francisco, has been searching for the world’s oldest trees for the past 14 years. She has traveled all around the globe to capture the most magnificent trees that grow in remote locations and look as old as the world itself. “Standing as the earth’s largest and

This human art depiction of our ocean left the Britain's Got Talent judges lost for words!

The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was about the same size as the Statue of Liberty in New York, although based on a lower ba...