Women like Mae Capone and Victoria DiGiorgio Gotti stood behind their gangster husbands for better or for worse.

The research team uncovered the treasure while examining a field in Årdal, Norway ahead of the construction of a new road.

Archaeologists excavating caves in Malaysia's Nenggiri Valley unearthed 16 Neolithic burials and more than 71,000 prehistoric ...

An eccentric nomad of American legend, Johnny Appleseed was said to plant apple trees throughout the frontier in the 19th century, but how does the history differ from the lore? Some may have learned ...

Around 104 C.E., Pliny the Younger sat down to write a letter. “Though my shocked soul recoils, my tongue shall tell,” he told the Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus. Then, Pliny began to describe what ...

Yōkai are supernatural beings like kappas, demons, and even haunted household objects that have appeared in Japanese art and folklore for centuries. It’s difficult to define yōkai in simple terms.

At first, Aaron Hernandez captivated America because of his astounding feats on the football field. Then, it was the accusation that he’d murdered his acquaintance Odin Lloyd. And finally, it was ...

At a remote temple in Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Archaeological Park, researchers have discovered a large sandstone guardian statue buried just under the dirt. The statue, known as a dvarapala, was still ...

Pupetta Maresca wasn’t an American mob wife, but she did make a name for herself when she married Pasquale Simonetti, a member of the Italian crime organization known as the Camorra. Assunta Maresca, ...

For centuries, the Lion of Venice has loomed over the Italian city as one of its most famous landmarks. It was long thought that the iconic sculpture originated in Anatolia, but a recent study ...