Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago have been returned to Australia's Indigenous community at a ceremony in Cambridge University

The final letter that George Mallory wrote to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago has been digitalized

The American envoy to the United Nations has called for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan

George Takei, the actor who played Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, has written a children's book about his time in a Japanese internment camp as a child.

Researchers in India have found fossils of an ancient giant snake that could have been longer than a school bus

Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters for the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, has died

The women of World War II were awarded Congress' highest civilian honor.

A group of artists, including Drake, have received a pop art amusement park featuring original pieces from Salvador Dali, Jean-Michel Basquiat and others.

The story of a violent 19th-century coup against Black businesses and integrated city hall was largely left untold, but now historians are working to honor those victims.

Researchers at the Smithsonian have discovered a new ancient species of amphibians that could help explain how modern-day frogs evolved.

The shipwreck's deep-sea location, which remained a mystery until 2015, has been entangled in an international ownership debate.

A mysterious 1,800-year-old Roman statue has been discovered by a construction worker while he was digging up a parking lot.

The 2001 flooding of the Halil River Valley in Iran exhumed ancient ruins from what is believed to be the Bronze Age Marḫaši civilization.

The 2001 flooding of the Halil River Valley in Iran exhumed ancient ruins from what is believed to be the Bronze Age Marḫaši civilization.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has become the premier location for filmmakers and movie fans alike to get up close and personal with millions of movie artifacts.

The discovery of a 70 million-year-old skeleton led to the excavation of a 70% complete, 30-foot-long fossilized titanosaur.

The 10 Million Names Project is working to recover the names of the 10 million people of African descent who were enslaved before 1865 in the present-day United States.

Early in their careers, Ray Charles, Tina Turner, Little Richard and others played the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans. Blighted for decades, the club is reopening Friday.

ABC News’ Alex Presha examines rare audio of formerly enslaved people to preserve their stories, and interviews one of their descendants, in partnership with the 10 Million Names project.

The cast of "A Different World" is reuniting for a 10-city tour of historically Black colleges and universities.

Scientists in Scotland have revealed a remarkable discovery of a "very strange" 240 million-year-old "Chinese dragon" fossil.

An ancient lake that reemerged at Death Valley National Park last year will stick around for longer than initially expected due to intense rain in the region.

A monument honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. created by the nation's first Black astronaut-turned-sculpture was vandalized in a Denver park.

Tuesday marks the 200th anniversary of the first time a dinosaur was ever given a name by scientists: The Megalosaurus. Here's why it was so significant.

A portrait of George Washington dating back more than 200 years has been stolen from a storage unit and cops are hunting for the art as well as the thieves who took it.

Researchers found the wreckage of the S.S. Arlington, which went down in April 1940 while delivering a shipload of wheat to Ontario.

A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft and destruction of a statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson that was stolen from a Kansas park.

Target pulled a sticker set from its shelves after a TikTok by a history teacher pointed out the misidentification of Civil Rights leaders.

Chenjerai Kumanyika, assistant professor at NYU's Journalism Institute and co-host of the podcast “Uncivil," discusses the lesser-known moments in American history, often not taught in school.

Scientists announced the discovery of a winged dinosaur species skeleton that was found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

A plan to cover one of Egypt’s Giza Pyramids with granite cladding will likely not be possible given rock nature and international archaeological restoration law.

The fight for voting rights was a dangerous and sometimes fatal fight for Black activists.

"GMA" explores the 40-year evolution of breakdancing, which will make its debut as an Olympic sport this year, and puts the spotlight on a performance by the Dynamic Rockers.

A statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson stolen from a Kansas park was found dismantled and burned in a trash can fire Tuesday morning.

Authorities are offering up to $7,500 in rewards for tips after a statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson was stolen from a park in Wichita, Kansas.

Video captured the steeple of the First Congregational Church in New London collapsing. Officials said no one is believed to have suffered major injuries.

One of the last paintings by the renowned Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has miraculously been found after vanishing nearly 100 years ago.

South Africa has announced it is set to challenge a New York auction of dozens artifacts and personal items belonging to former South African president Nelson Mandela.

The last Black actress to win the award starred in "The Jeffersons."

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that could be the closest-known relative of the famed Tyrannosaurus rex.

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi discusses his documentary, “Stamped from the Beginning,” which chronicles the story of anti-Black racist ideas.

Funeral services for Sandra Day O'Connor, who broke barriers as the first woman to ever serve as a Supreme Court justice, were held at the National Cathedral.

Shonda Rhimes talks about a new project she's taking on that honors Emmett Till's story.

A father and his daughter who were fishing on Lake Michigan were surprised when their sonar discovered what they thought was an octopus lurking beneath their vessel.

Second Lieutenant Fred L. Brewer Jr., a Tuskagee airman who went missing during World War II, is set to be laid to rest nearly 80 years after he went missing.

New details reveal how the band finished "Now and Then” four decades after John Lennon first wrote it.

Palestinian historians talk with ABC News about their culture and the long struggle for equality amid the Israel-Gaza conflict.

"GMA3" co-anchor DeMarco Morgan sits down with members of the community to speak about how they are restoring and rebuilding the community.

After more than a century of being kept at a Reading, Pennsylvania, funeral home, a corpse that was mummified has been identified, according to the funeral home.

The man, who died of kidney failure in a Reading, Pennsylvania, jail, was accidentally mummified by a mortician in 1895.