A German minister wants to see millennium-old German magic spells included by UNESCO on its Memory of the World register. The Merseburg charms are two 10th century incantations written in…
These jewels that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte’s daughter have been sold at auction in Geneva for GBP 1.17 million. This year France marked 200 years since Napoleon Bonaparte’s death and…
The story of a Titanic passenger who was sent to America after getting a rich woman pregnant and survived after pretending to be an aristocrat before going on to become…
These are the rounds of explosive ammunition that were onboard a German Imperial Navy ship when it was sunk by the British Navy in the North Sea during World War…
Austrian researchers have revealed that Bronze-Age miners used to bring cooked lunches to their workplace. The study looked into the dietary habits of workers in the Late Bronze Age in…
This watch was returned to the family of a man who had it taken from him by Nazi guards at the concentration camp he died in over 7 decades ago.…
An ancient cannon purchased from England that was later used against British troops is being restored in Egypt. Dubbed the Khedive Ismail cannon after the former ruler of Egypt and…
This 3,000-year-old rock formation called Avdalaz Castle - considered one of the world’s first multi-storey apartment complexes - has continued to attract hordes of tourists during the pandemic. The ancient…
The identity of a soldier who was sent to a concentration camp during the Spanish Civil War before being executed because he was loyal to the Republican government has been…
Preservationists are in a race against time to save Iraq's 1,700-year-old Arch of Ctesiphon from collapse. The ancient arch is the world's largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork and forms…