How did the ancient Egyptians look like 2,000 years ago? Did they have dark skin and curly hair? A Virginia-based laboratory has successfully recreated the faces of three mummies using their DNA.
Since their discovery in the 1930s, the mysterious collections of giant stone jars scattered throughout central Laos have remained one of the great prehistoric puzzles of south-east Asia. It is thought that the jars represent the mortuary remains of an extensive and powerful Iron Age culture.
Some researchers think that Gigantopithecus could be the missing link between apes and humans, while others believe that it could be the evolutionary ancestor of the legendary Bigfoot.
The famous 12th-century castle passed from the Broase clan to the houses of Mowbray, Despenser, and Beauchamp. But why was it abandoned so mysteriously? Was it the advancing dunes or the curse of the Fairies that caused the castle to be abandoned?
The fossilized remains of an ichthyosaur dating back to shortly after the Permian mass extinction suggest that the ancient sea monsters emerged before the catastrophic event.
The Dwarfie Stane, a massive piece of red sandstone, has been cut into a tomb that dates back 5,000 years. Despite countless attempts to solve the mystery of its origin, no one has been able to determine who created it or why it was built.
The 2nd-century graveyard has at least 50 tombs of men, women, and children, but its organizational structure and history are unknown.
Gremlins were invented by the RAF as mythical creatures who break airplanes, as way to explain random mechanical failures in reports; an "investigation" was even conducted to make sure Gremlins didn't have nazi sympathies.
The sea serpents have been depicted as undulating in the deep water and coiled around ships and boats, putting an end to the life of seafarers.
Two 52-million-year-old bat skeletons discovered in an ancient lake bed in Wyoming are the oldest bat fossils ever found – and they reveal a new species.