Some people start thinking about retirement even in their 50s, but Sargis Tatigian, 94, is not the case. Mr. Tatigian, Armenian by origin, has been recently honored by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for his 75 years of dedicated service to the Navy. Mr. Tatigian, who is the longest serving civil servant in the history …

The Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, has remained an imposing figure above the Egyptian desert for the better part of the past four and half millennia. It’s a constant among the ever-shifting sands—and on American currency. (Here’s why there’s a pyramid on the dollar bill.) But a …

It is the highest auction price for any work of art and brought cheers and applause at the packed Christie’s auction room. Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence. It is the highest auction price for any work of art and brought cheers and applause …

The missing last piece of a painting by Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte was found underneath another of the artist’s works at a museum in Brussels using x-ray imaging, Reuters reports. The fourth part of ‘The Enchanted Pose’ (1927) was painted over by Magritte to create his 1935 to 1936 work ‘God is not a Saint.’ …

Human remains buried by a pair of monks in China over a millennia ago are claimed to belong to Buddha. Believers say the 2,000 pieces of cremated bones belonged to Siddhartha Gautama, whose teachings became the foundations of the Buddhist religion. The cremated bones were found in an ceramic box with an inscription claiming they …