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A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert. The slender arms of the youngsters were still extended to the woman in perpetual embrace when researchers discovered their skeleto
The theatre where The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet may have debuted, and where William Shakespeare himself may have performed, has likely been discovered in east London
MONTREAL — The recent discovery of a British warship that foundered in Lake Ontario during the American Revolution has many marine history buffs likening the find to the Holy Grail of the Great Lakes.
The Canadian government is set to embark on the biggest search ever for the fabled British shipwrecks Erebus and Terror, which were lost in the Canadian Arctic in the 1840s during the ill-fated Franklin Expedition
VANCOUVER - New forensic evidence uncovered by a B.C. criminologist suggests the crew aboard King Henry VIII's favourite warship sank in 1545 because the mostly Spanish crew didn't understand the captain's orders.
German prosecutor was visiting a French village Tuesday to try to uncover secrets about one of the most vicious massacres perpetrated on French soil during the Second World War
MONTREAL - While many people will probably be cheering at next year's re-enactment of the historic 1759 battle on the Plains of Abraham, chances are a good number of Quebec sovereigntists won't be among them.
Intact 80-foot sloop is oldest ever found in the Great Lakes
A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of La
The mystery of the Shroud of Turin, a 14-foot-long cloth that many thought may have been the burial cloth of Jesus until scientists reported radiocarbon dating established it as no older than Medieval times, is being resurrected.
Renowned scientist Albert Einstein dismissed the Bible as a collection of “pretty childish” legends and belief in God as a “product of human weaknesses,” according to a letter to be auctioned this week.
HALIFAX - Only the sound of water lapping against the rocks could be heard Saturday as veterans paused at the edge of a boardwalk, tossing long-stemmed red roses into Halifax harbour to mark 65 years since the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic
Guy Rose, the owner of the 100-year-old Quilchena Hotel, is explaining the history of three bullet holes in the wooden panelling of the hotel's saloon.
ST. ANDREWS, Manitoba – After collecting dust in the back of a Public Works storage shed for decades, three forgotten World War I weapons were recently rediscovered and donated to the Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA) Museum in Shilo, Manitoba.
Archeologists have just wrapped up a two-week excavation at Stonehenge which they believe will help solve the mystery of why the prehistoric landmark was built.
The wreckage of an Australian warship that sank with all 645 men on board in a second world war battle has been found off the coast of western Australia, promising to provide clues to one of the country's most enduring mysteries - how the pride of its na
As Britain prepares to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force, Germany is reclaiming the First World War flying ace known as the Red Baron as a national hero.
It reveals how thousands of Indian soldiers who had joined Britain in the fight against fascism swapped their oaths to the British king for others to Adolf Hitler - an astonishing tale of loyalty, despair and betrayal that threatened to rock British rule
Desperate for a glimpse into Adolf Hitler's unpredictable mind, British spies hired an astrologer during the Second World War to write horoscopes for him and other Nazi leaders, documents declassified Tuesday show.
A passerby casting a glance at the downtown branch of the Ontario Bank on Friday, Oct. 12, 1906, would have been impressed by the imposing size and ornate facade of the stone fortress that anchored the corner of Wellington and Scott Sts.
A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert. The slender arms of the youngsters were still extended to the woman in perpetual embrace when researchers discovered their skeleto
The theatre where The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet may have debuted, and where William Shakespeare himself may have performed, has likely been discovered in east London
MONTREAL — The recent discovery of a British warship that foundered in Lake Ontario during the American Revolution has many marine history buffs likening the find to the Holy Grail of the Great Lakes.
The Canadian government is set to embark on the biggest search ever for the fabled British shipwrecks Erebus and Terror, which were lost in the Canadian Arctic in the 1840s during the ill-fated Franklin Expedition
VANCOUVER - New forensic evidence uncovered by a B.C. criminologist suggests the crew aboard King Henry VIII's favourite warship sank in 1545 because the mostly Spanish crew didn't understand the captain's orders.
German prosecutor was visiting a French village Tuesday to try to uncover secrets about one of the most vicious massacres perpetrated on French soil during the Second World War
Archeologists at a dig near the southern shore community of Ferryland have unearthed the first whole gold coin ever found in Newfoundland.
Intact 80-foot sloop is oldest ever found in the Great Lakes
A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of La
A famous Bible with a typographical error has made its way back to Nova Scotia after almost 300 years.
MLAs unanimously endorse a government motion expressing deep regret to Punjabis denied entry to province in 1914
The mystery of the Shroud of Turin, a 14-foot-long cloth that many thought may have been the burial cloth of Jesus until scientists reported radiocarbon dating established it as no older than Medieval times, is being resurrected.
The wreck of one of the Second World War's most famous warships has been found by deep sea explorers, 66 years after it was lost in battle
Two nearly intact skeletons found near the Plains of Abraham date back to the 19th century or even earlier, archeologists say.
HALIFAX - Only the sound of water lapping against the rocks could be heard Saturday as veterans paused at the edge of a boardwalk, tossing long-stemmed red roses into Halifax harbour to mark 65 years since the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic
Guy Rose, the owner of the 100-year-old Quilchena Hotel, is explaining the history of three bullet holes in the wooden panelling of the hotel's saloon.
ST. ANDREWS, Manitoba – After collecting dust in the back of a Public Works storage shed for decades, three forgotten World War I weapons were recently rediscovered and donated to the Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA) Museum in Shilo, Manitoba.
Archeologists have just wrapped up a two-week excavation at Stonehenge which they believe will help solve the mystery of why the prehistoric landmark was built.
As Britain prepares to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force, Germany is reclaiming the First World War flying ace known as the Red Baron as a national hero.
A passerby casting a glance at the downtown branch of the Ontario Bank on Friday, Oct. 12, 1906, would have been impressed by the imposing size and ornate facade of the stone fortress that anchored the corner of Wellington and Scott Sts.
Canada's oldest bookstore will close its doors for good at the end of March.
AUSCHWITZ, Poland -- He was among the first to arrive at the death camp, and one of the few to escape alive.
* In early October 1942, Flight Lieutenant Donald McLarty was shot down over Libya on his 199th mission of World War Two. Although he was flying f