A former East German Berlin Wall border guard officer has revealed how he went against orders to open the gates that led to the collapse of communism. Harald Jaeger - now 79 - was deputy chief of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) border checkpoint at Bornholmer Strasse in East Berlin's…
This German nuclear fallout bunker with concrete walls that are three metres thick and dating back to the Cold War has gone on sale on eBay for EUR 1.6 million. The 850-square-metre apocalypse survival shelter is located in the town of Xanten, in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia…
Archaeologists from the Egyptian Dominican Archaeological Mission have discovered an ancient rock-cut tunnel on the northern coast of Egypt. The Greco-Roman tunnel dating back over 2,000 years measures 1,305 metres (4,281 feet) in length and was discovered beneath the Ancient Egyptian city of Taposiris Magna. Photo shows a tunnel uncovered…
A Nazi patrol boat sunk by the RAF in World War II is leaking toxic pollutants into the sea and is set to be even more dangerous as it rusts away, a new study has revealed. The V 1302 John Mahn was a German fishing trawler used as a patrol…
Graffiti drawn by a knight from the Middle Ages has been discovered more than 500 years later in King David's Tomb in Jerusalem. A charcoal scrawling shows the name of the nobleman - Sir Adrian von Bubenberg - and his family crest. It was found on the wall of King…
A man has discovered an American World War II hand grenade while picking mushrooms in a German forest. The incident took place in the municipality of Gleichen, in the district of Goettingen, in the north-western German state of Lower Saxony. The Goettingen police said in a statement on Friday, 14th…
More than 20,000 people were evacuated from a German city after this massive unexploded 500-kilogramme World War II bomb was found 78 years after it was dropped there by US forces. The evacuation occurred in Frankfurt am Main after the huge device was discovered during construction work. The Allied bomb…
German authorities have returned a total of 179 art pieces to Nigeria after they were stolen during British colonial invasions in the former Kingdom of Benin. The decision to deliver the so-called Benin bronzes back to the African federal republic was made by the Senate of the city of Hamburg,…
A huge underground Nazi air raid bunker from World War II could be revived as officials study Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The tunnel - sunk at a depth of 17 metres (55.7 feet) - stretches nearly three miles between Westpark and the main station in Dortmund in North Rhine-Westphalia state.…
A 91-year-old Nazi death camp survivor has asked Iran's Holocaust-denying president to join her at a mass grave where 3,000 victims were shot dead. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi caused outrage when he told a US TV news show that the genocide needed further "research". Now survivor Rae Goldfarb - who…