This ancient sword found on an island in Denmark is incredibly well-preserved despite being over 3,000 years old.Søren Kiehn/Museum VestsjællandMuseum inspector Arne Hedegaard Andersen holds the discovery. Two locals from Zealand, the largest island of Denmark, decided to take an evening stroll through a field in the small western town of Svebolle. The choice to take their metal detector along with them was a fortuitous one, as it would help them uncover a major find.

New sonar images from Deep Sea Vision show a plane-shaped object on the floor of the Pacific Ocean — and it could be Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra. Science History Images / Alamy Stock PhotoAmelia Earhart disappeared during a flight over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937. When pilot Amelia Earhart went missing during a flight over the central Pacific Ocean 87 years ago, it led to one of the greatest enduring mysteries of the modern era.

The four child mummies were buried alongside one adult and several red ceramics. YouTube / Associated PressThe mummies were likely buried 1,000 years ago, at the height of the Ychsma culture. Archaeologists in Peru recently unearthed the mummified remains of four children in an ancient ceremonial space dating back at least 1,000 years. The child mummies were found alongside one adult in one of modern-day Lima’s oldest neighborhoods. Based on the mummies’ age, researchers believe the children were part of the Pre-Incan Ychsma culture that once inhabited the central coast of Peru.

On May 11, 1981, reggae icon Bob Marley died due to a rare form of skin cancer that had gone tragically untreated for years.Mike Prior/Redferns/Getty ImagesBob Marley died the year after performing in the show pictured here at the Brighton Leisure Centre in the U.K. in 1980. Mere days after Bob Marley played Madison Square Garden to thunderous applause in September 1980, the singer collapsed while jogging in Central Park. The subsequent diagnosis was bleak: aggressive melanoma on his toe had spread to his brain, liver, and lungs.

At most, 19-year-old Briana Harmon of Texas will receive probation.Denison Police DepartmentBreana Harmon Talbott On March 8, 2017, Breana Harmon Talbott walked into a church in Denison, Texas bloodied and half-naked. She then told church staff that she had just been kidnapped and raped by three black men. The news quickly sparked outrage, much of it racially-motivated, from some publishers and social media users. But after two weeks, with her story unraveling, Talbott admitted to police that she’d made the whole thing up.