Washington Nationals closer Drew Storen's agent says the pitcher had surgery to remove a bone fragment from his pitching elbow.

The mysterious deaths of thousands of British sailors due to illness in the 1700s and early 1800s may soon be solved by Canadian researchers studying bone fragments.

Authorities have unearthed skull fragments and other human remains in a well in Northern California, an area where a convicted serial killer said there may be 10 or more victims.

Papyrus fragments from an Egyptian funerary text known as a Book of the Dead have been discovered in the archives of the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia.