"Rotary wafer switch design, maintenance, and repair kit. The various metal bits fit into the flat, non-conductive wafers ...

"It’s a fleam, most likely used for bleeding horses — not people, where a thumb lancet tended to be used. Bloodletting was as ...

Many of us have a bread box in the kitchen. It’s usually a simple, purely utilitarian affair made of metal or plastic; ...

Annie LaVoie is a taxidermist and a bone carver whose own brush with death inspires the avant-garde jewelry she creates today. She uses stone, bone and organic remnants to fashion the pieces of her ...

The statue’s torso was crafted with a robe and sash, carved jewelry, and a left hand crossing the chest—“an uncommon representation in Khmer (Cambodian) art.” A Roman Statue’s Severed ...

New sites and artifacts are found all the time, revealing forgotten secrets of the past. A wooden box on display at Rudyard Kipling’s former home in the U.K. turned out to be a “very rare ...