Harlequin ichthyosis, a genetic disorder that results in overly thick skin that's prone to cracking, used to mean certain death. Now, some people with the condition have lived into their 30s.

"World's oldest story" found in Indonesia, remains of ancient shield found alongside rider and chariot, suspected mass grace from historic massacre discovered.

These daguerreotypes from the 1840s and '50s — newly restored in vivid color — capture a generation of Americans that lived through the Revolutionary War and the execution of Marie Antoinette.

Ancient Roman egg unearthed, Auschwitz lovers reunited, Civil War hair dye uncovered.

Ancient mummified wolf-dog found in Siberia, Queen Elizabeth's sloppy handwriting outed, rare Egyptian animal mummies uncovered.

"The only reason I'm here is because I had been messing around with a white lady," Walter McMillian said from death row.

Men who found Viking treasure sentenced to jail, ancient snake with legs unearthed, suspected Amazon warrior's remains discovered.

Ancient human remains with skull helmets unearthed, thief of Picasso's artworks brought to justice, conversion of Hitler's birthplace into a police station announced.

Prehistoric beetle found preserved in amber, century-old booze recovered from shipwreck, mammoth skeletons discovered in human-made traps.

In the second grade, Bryan Stevenson's school placed him in the slowest of three groups because he was black. Now he's a Harvard Law School graduate who's saved more than 100 people from death row.

Knights Templar treasure tunnels uncovered, ancestral homeland of all humankind located, medieval Viking warrior's face reconstructed.