The discovery that Neanderthals and not Homo sapiens likely created the artwork is challenging longstanding beliefs that ...

The third man phenomenon is most often seen in people facing extreme peril in which they felt a presence that helped lead ...

While excavating a site ahead of the expansion of a local bakery chain in Burgbernheim, Germany, archaeologists made a fitting discovery: evidence of ancient baking equipment. A grinding stone and ...

Another climber who reported experiencing third man syndrome was Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner. In 1970, Messner embarked on a perilous climb of Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas with his brother, ...

Unlike the last several entries, University of Kentucky geologist Stephanie Schwabe did not encounter third man syndrome high on a mountain but deep in an underwater cave. In 1997, Schwabe — an ...

Yet another mountain climber who encountered the third man phenomenon was Joe Simpson. In 1985, he and his climbing partner Simon Yates attempted to become the first men to summit the western face of ...

Sept. 11, 2001 started as a normal day for Ron DiFrancesco. Per usual, he arrived at work at the World Trade Center in Manhattan, then made his way to his office on the 84th floor of the South Tower.

In 1999, treasure hunters searching a field near the German town of Nebra unearthed an ancient bronze disk decorated with a colorful image of the cosmos. When experts analyzed the artifact, they ...

Dorothy’s ruby slippers, famously worn by actress Judy Garland in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz, have been an iconic piece of American pop culture for decades. While several pairs were made for the film, ...

On April 17, 2013, more than a dozen vehicles loaded with local and federal investigators swarmed a house in Tupelo, Mississippi. The unsuspecting owner of the home, Paul Kevin Curtis, had just left ...

In 1933, Frank Smythe set out to do what no one else had done before: summit Mount Everest. Along the way, he sensed that he wasn’t alone. Smythe hadn’t intended to climb the mountain solo. He had ...