Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. The illustrations are of a wild bull and a Barbary sheep on the upper-arm of a male mummy, and S-shaped motifs on the upper-arm and shoulder of a female. The discovery pushes back evidence for the practice in Africa …

Before the rise of the modern airliner, the Zeppelin was the standard-bearer for luxury air travel. The most famous of the Zeppelins was the Hindenburg. The Hindenburg entered service in 1936 and could carry 50 passengers across the Atlantic Ocean. Before the modern jumbo jet and its first class suites, the biggest and grandest thing …

Giant handaxes that are between 200,000 to 300,000 years old would have been used by mystery ancestors to cut up prey in prehistoric Europe, research suggests. Laboratory analyses indicate that the giant tools, found at Porto Maior, northwest Spain, were used to process hard materials such wood and carcasses. While these tools were being used …

It’s inevitable that we will always want to commemorate our renowned men and women by building monuments to them. The monument is a sign that the person is honored and remembered. It’s also just as inevitable that we remember the notorious evildoers of history—either out of a sense of justice, a wish to prevent future …

An ancient necropolis containing dozens of stone coffins and a necklace bearing a “message from the afterlife” has been discovered in Egypt. The site near the city of Minya, south of Cairo, is more than 2,000 years old and is expected to take another five years to excavate. Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Enany said it contained …