An Antiques Roadshow guest was in tears as she talked of doing her grandmother the "honour" of having her beloved robe valued.

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became ...

In Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, hundreds of Palestinians gathered to witness the release of two Israeli hostages, Gadi Moses ...

A rare golden Roman lock, dating back to the third or fourth century C.E., has been discovered by a metal detectorist in Germany, shedding light on ancient craftsmanship.

One well-known ancient legend speaks of Nian, a hideous monster that feasted on human flesh on New Year’s Day. Because the ...

Activist investor Ancora Holdings wants US Steel ( NYSE: X) to scuttle its planned more than $14 billion sale to Nippon Steel ...

A metal detecorist in northern Poland discovered a 1,000-year-old coin that was a symbol of imperial propaganda, historians said. Screengrab from Muzeum Historii Ziemi Kamieńskiej's Facebook post ...

The dots on ironing symbols correspond to the dots on an iron’s temperature settings: the more dots there are, the more heat can be applied. The bars underneath the tub icon refer to rinsing and ...

This picture shows osteoarthritis in the hands and the contractures that can occur with long-standing arthritis. Though this man’s hand looks like he has had hand surgery, he has not, and contractures ...

Inevitably, my hands are not as firm and unwrinkled as they once were, so I’ve found myself turning to hand creams to slow the effects of time and combat the elements. “Hand creams help ...

In a new study published this week, researchers debuted a bionic hand system that can reportedly reproduce the most complex tactile sensations seen to date. Scientists at the Cortical Bionics ...