These images show an ornate 3,000-year-old ritual dagger that was found embedded in a piece of clay that had fallen off a cliff and was discovered in remarkable condition on…
Female passenger is detained by customs for attempting to smuggle 448 live hermit crabs into China. Customs officials conducted routine inspections on arriving passengers on international flights landing at Dalian…
A rare coin dating back 2,000 years to a Jewish revolt against the Romans has been discovered in the Judaean desert bearing the inscription "Year one of the redemption of…
A huge 1,800-year-old army barracks that would have been home to an elite force of legendary Roman legionnaires that defeated the Gauls from the time of Asterix and which was…
An Israeli soldier who went for a hike in the rain while taking a two-day break from the army discovered an almost 3,000-year-old scarab beetle carved into a precious stone…
A new lizard discovered in Peru has been named after the legendary British heavy metal Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson. The 'Enyalioides dickinsoni' wood lizard was found with another new…
Grim-looking fang-toothed giant eel is discovered washed up on a tourist beach in Brazil. The fish's powerful, muscular jet-black body is topped by a sleek bullet head with a jaw…
Locals from a small village in China were devasted after they discovered a 2,200-year-old sacred tree burning after somehow catching fire in the middle of winter. Witnesses immediately reported the…
A furious shopper has shamed a supermarket after it sold her a frozen squid with a vicious hook still stuck in it. The horrified punter, who has not been named,…
Ancient roof tiles in Israel have been discovered in the City of David, which point to the location of an ancient fortress built by King Antiochus IV, who persecuted the…