A pair of archaeologists has spent the last 15 years cataloging toxic and gross artifacts moldering in museum collections.

While on vacation in Sweden with his family, an 8-year-old boy spotted an unusual-looking object. He picked it up and kept walking. Only later did he realize he’d found an ancient Viking artifact.

Archaeology & History This Strange Roman Artifact Continues to Stump Experts Archeologists have long struggled to figure out what Roman dodecahedrons were used for.

Museums are sharing their most haunting artifacts, and the online challenge may just give you nightmares. From a “cursed” children’s toy to broken doll parts, bizarre items from around the ...

SAXTONS RIVER — With costumes, banners, swords, a coffin and other artifacts, the Saxtons River Historical Society has mounted a display that highlights the local Odd Fellows lodge from its beginnings ...

Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford has a 19th-century mourning artifact, a “corpse preserver.” The item, made between 1876 and 1879, was designed to prevent a body from decomposing ...

Museums are sharing their most haunting artifacts, and the online challenge may just give you nightmares. From a “cursed” children’s toy to broken doll parts, bizarre items from around the ...

Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico posted a photo of 16 odd artifacts found in the cave and asked the public to help identify them. Turns out they are U.S. pennies, left by visitors over ...

DICKINSON, N.D. - Josh Nichols laid his hand on the first of many hidden doors in the Dickinson Odd Fellows Lodge during recent construction efforts.