Read more about the article How Cross-Dressing Knights Of Old Showed Off Their Lances
Exhibition view at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Austria's capital Vienna. (KHM-Museumsverband/Newsflash)

How Cross-Dressing Knights Of Old Showed Off Their Lances

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…

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Read more about the article Mystery Over Stolen Egyptian Sarcophagus Made Of Gold And Sold To Metropolitan Museum Of Art In NYC Solved In Hamburg
The gilded Coffin lid for the Priest Nedjemankh from the late Ptolemaic Period (150–50 B.C.) in Egypt. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Newsflash)

Mystery Over Stolen Egyptian Sarcophagus Made Of Gold And Sold To Metropolitan Museum Of Art In NYC Solved In Hamburg

The mystery surrounding a stolen ancient golden Egyptian sarcophagus that was sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City using forged export documents has been solved with…

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Read more about the article Final Piece Of 17th Century Tapestry Stolen 42 Years Ago By Notorious Art Thief Erik The Belgian Recovered By Spanish Cops
Spanish police have recovered the last piece of a 17th-century tapestry 'The Apoteosis of the Arts', stolen 42 years ago from the Santo Domingo church in Castrojeriz, by the art thief known as Eric the Belgian. (Newsflash)

Final Piece Of 17th Century Tapestry Stolen 42 Years Ago By Notorious Art Thief Erik The Belgian Recovered By Spanish Cops

Cops in Spain have recovered the last part of a valuable 17th century Flemish tapestry stolen from a Spanish church by notorious art thief Erik 'The Belgian' in 1980. The…

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Read more about the article Valuable Modern Art Painting Destroyed After Bored Security Guard Draws Eyes On Faceless Figures On 1st Day At Work
A vandal added eyes to non-objective figures in Anna Leporskaya's painting at an exhibition at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, Russia in December 2021. (Newsflash)

Valuable Modern Art Painting Destroyed After Bored Security Guard Draws Eyes On Faceless Figures On 1st Day At Work

A valuable modern art painting has been destroyed after a bored security guard on his first day of work drew eyes on the faceless figures depicted in it. The painting,…

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Read more about the article Rare Painting Worth GBP 35 Million Saved From Nazis To Be Sold At Auction By Christies In London
Franz Marc's painting named The Foxes (1913) which will be auctioned at Christie's in London in England for GBP 35 Million. (Kunstpalast - ARTOTHEK/Newsflash)

Rare Painting Worth GBP 35 Million Saved From Nazis To Be Sold At Auction By Christies In London

A painting which was sold to German-American film director William Dieterle in 1940 to avoid it being destroyed by the Nazis during World War II is set to be auctioned…

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Read more about the article Hoard Of 5,600 Silver Coins From Roman Empire 2000 Years Ago Discovered In Germany
The silver treasure found by urban archeology. (Andreas Brucklmair, KMA/Newsflash)

Hoard Of 5,600 Silver Coins From Roman Empire 2000 Years Ago Discovered In Germany

A hoard of 5,600 silver coins from the Roman Empire dating back nearly 2,000 years have been unearthed in Germany. The Augsburg Art Collections and Museum said in a statement…

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Read more about the article Shocking Before And After Photos Of Soviet Soldier Imprisoned In Nazi Concentration Camp Who Then Fought On The Eastern Front
Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev, a graduate of an art school, a teacher of fine arts, pictured before and after the Great Patriotic War ended in 1945. (Newsflash)

Shocking Before And After Photos Of Soviet Soldier Imprisoned In Nazi Concentration Camp Who Then Fought On The Eastern Front

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These haunting before-and-after photos of a Russian soldier show how he was completely changed by his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp and the four years he spent fighting on…

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Read more about the article Artist Paints Woman Of His Dreams Then Marries One Who Looks Exactly Like Her
Iranian artist Ahad Saadi, painted the woman of his dreams years ago and met Parisa Karamnezhad, (pictured) who resembled this portrait in an exhibition he held in 2009. (Ahad Saadi/Newsflash)

Artist Paints Woman Of His Dreams Then Marries One Who Looks Exactly Like Her

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An artist painted this portrait of his 'dream woman' a year before he met his wife who looks exactly like the woman in the painting. Ahad Saadi, 41, told Newsflash…

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