Unexplained Fun-nomena

A new exhibition spotlights the ways in which cultures around the world have sought answers in the face of uncertainty

Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed one of the largest Roman dodecahedrons ever found, but mystery surrounds what it was actual

More than 100 such ancient artifacts have been found throughout Europe, but nobody knows what they are

I’ve been enjoying Simon Young and Chris Woodyard’s podcast Boggart and Banshee, which deals with all manner of fairy encounters…

In 17th-century Europe, the dead were a constant threat to rise again and bedevil the living. Now archaeologists have found the remains of a

The 1987 recording appears to show Ripper the Australian musk duck saying: "You bloody fool".

Reshaping previous ideas on the story of civilisation, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey was built by a prehistoric people 6,000 years before Stoneheng

A trip to Egypt led a carpet fitter to devise a prototype machine for transporting stones.

In the ancient Mississippian settlement of Cahokia, vast social events – not trade or the economy – were the founding principle.