A hidden chamber discovered at the Royal Palaces of Abomey revealed 18th-century war relics and ceremonial weapons, offering new insight into the powerful Kingdom of Dahomey and its military and spiritual life.

You returned from your holiday only to find a $200 dollar charge on your hotel bill for smoking in your room. We look at what a non-smoker can do to get the charge reversed.

They weren’t gold. They weren’t covered in inscriptions. At first glance, they didn’t look dramatic at all. But when scientists tested them, the results pointed back nearly three millennia—to a chapter of history that still shapes faith, politics, and global debate. Now experts are revisiting a question many thought could never be answered.

In North Korea, citizens are strictly trained to obey. Anytime a person becomes “disloyal” to the government, their entire family gets put in horrific concentration camps—and that’s not even the worst of it.

Japan is full of cool new experiences for American tourists—but there’s one tradition that may leave visitors feeling squeamish.

If you are looking to try something new and expose yourself to fascinating cultures and traditions, check out these unique festivals.   

Archeologists are always discovering new things about human history and culture, and the team at the South Asasif Conservation Project just made their own monumental discovery—one that could even rival that of King Tut.

On January 29, 2025, an American jetliner with 64 people onboard collided mid-air with an army helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.—and the outcome was catastrophic.

Turns out that many of the jobs in ancient Pompeii were much like our modern professions—but there is one bizarre career that would earn more laughs than money from people today.