The Age of Disclosure,' Dan Farah's buzzy SXSW documentary about non-human intelligent life, will premiere in theaters and on ...

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius.

Few pieces of Star Wars’ expanded universe storytelling have achieved the legendary status of Matthew Stover’s Revenge of the Sith novelization. First published in 2005, it’s widely regarded by fans ...

Jim Sanborn planned to auction off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters ...

Long dismissed as myth, a Roman-era claim may point to a hidden tomb beneath the Sphinx. Burned wood, the scent of resin—and the possible remains of a lost king.

Tourists can now walk in the footsteps of emperors. This month, a secret passage within Rome's Colosseum, reserved for royalty in ancient times, opened to tourists.