Royal Ming Dynasty Chinese Carpet Sold For USD 324,500
An emperor's carpet that once lay in China’s Imperial Palace during the Ming dynasty has been sold for USD 324,500. The carpet - showing a large dragon around a flaming…
An emperor's carpet that once lay in China’s Imperial Palace during the Ming dynasty has been sold for USD 324,500. The carpet - showing a large dragon around a flaming…
A shocked farmer has revealed how he dug up a deadly British hand grenade as he harvested his crop of asparagus in Germany. The grenade - a Mills bomb No.…
A brave woman who refused to accept that she had to speak Italian when Austria lost South Tyrol to the fascists after the First World War has said she wants…
The Black Death was only possible because human civilisation had become advanced enough to allow rats to survive and flourish, according to the first study of the ancient genes of…
The extinction of dinosaur had a significant impact on the development of plants, a new study has shown. Experts at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in the…
One of the most iconic airplanes in history is set to make a comeback as Swiss manufacturer Junkers revealed plans to bring back its legendary Ju-52, nicknamed Tante Ju (Aunt…
A programme that handed out USD 215 million in compensation to victims of Nazi plunder in World War II has closed in Austria, the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Trustees of…
Adolf Hitler has gone on display at the Jewish Museum in Vienna as part of a project focusing on the creator of one of the most important contemporary art collections…
Armoured knights used bizarre upturned codpieces to attract woman at parties, a new exhibition of medieval clothing has revealed. And the fashion was often adopted by bold, 'gender-fluid' noblewomen to…
The wreckage of this British World War II bomber that crashed, killing all eight people on board, has washed up on a Dutch beach in what has been described as…