Read more about the article Hitler Sculpture On Show As Part Of Tribute To Jew Who Fled Nazis At 16, Served In US Navy And Became Major Art Collector
The Stefan Edlis exhibition at the Jewish Museum Vienna located in Austria's capital Vienna. (David Bohmann/Newsflash)

Hitler Sculpture On Show As Part Of Tribute To Jew Who Fled Nazis At 16, Served In US Navy And Became Major Art Collector

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…

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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 Flower Bouquet Made Up Of 2,000 Diamonds And Gifted By Empress To Hubby To Go On Show On Valentines Day
Details of the gemstone bouquet, a gift of love from Maria Theresa to her husband, Emperor Franz I Stephan of Lorraine, located at Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria. (NHM Vienna-Alice Schumacher/Newsflash)

Flower Bouquet Made Up Of 2,000 Diamonds And Gifted By Empress To Hubby To Go On Show On Valentines Day

This bouquet of 'flowers' made up of over 2,000 diamonds and other jewels that was gifted by Empress Maria Theresa to the Holy Roman Emperor is set to go on…

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Read more about the article Experts Bid To Restore Seven Nazi Enigma Machines From World War II Recovered From Bottom Of The Sea
Seven Enigma Machines recovered from Baltic Sea in 2020, to be exhibited In Museum Of Archaeology after restoration. (Newsflash)

Experts Bid To Restore Seven Nazi Enigma Machines From World War II Recovered From Bottom Of The Sea

An expert in Germany is working hard to restore seven Nazi enigma machines from World War II that were recovered by chance in the bottom of the sea, but it…

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Read more about the article Six Thieves To Face Trial Over 17th Century Rare Treasure Heist Worth Over EUR 100 Million
Breast star of the Polish White Eagle Order stolen from the historic Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, in November 2019. (Police Saxony/Newsflash)

Six Thieves To Face Trial Over 17th Century Rare Treasure Heist Worth Over EUR 100 Million

Six thieves are set to go on trial for stealing rare, 17th-century jewels insured for over EUR 100 million from the Green Vault Museum in Dresden, which boasts the largest…

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Read more about the article Mortal Remains Of Boris Johnsons Direct Ancestor Go On Display In Swiss Museum
Anna Catharina Bischoff as she may have looked in 1786, photo montage using scientific facial reconstruction (U. Wittwer-Ofen) and a contemporary portrait - J. Jakob. (H. Belakhal, Basel/Newsflash)

Mortal Remains Of Boris Johnsons Direct Ancestor Go On Display In Swiss Museum

The mortal remains of Boris Johnson's great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother have gone on display in a Swiss museum as part of an exhibition. The mummified remains of a woman were found by…

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Read more about the article Rare Street Sign From Austrian Village Named F***ing Goes On Display In Museum After Being Stolen Repeatedly By Pranksters
The street sign of the village of Fucking, before it was renamed to Fugging.

Rare Street Sign From Austrian Village Named F***ing Goes On Display In Museum After Being Stolen Repeatedly By Pranksters

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A rare street sign from the Austrian village of 'Fucking' which changed its name to Fugging because they kept being stolen is going on display at a museum in Vienna.…

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Read more about the article The 9,500 Year Old Skull Which Bears The Marks Of The Worlds First Brain Surgery Is To Get A Face
The 9,500-year-old skull, which was found during the excavations at Asikli Hoyuk, a settlement mound in the Cappadocia region, near Aksaray, Turkey where the first brain surgery in history was performed.

The 9,500 Year Old Skull Which Bears The Marks Of The Worlds First Brain Surgery Is To Get A Face

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The face of a woman whose skull from 9,500 years ago showed evidence of the first brain surgery ever is being reconstructed as a wax model and going on display…

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Read more about the article Rare Sword Won By Duke Of Marlborough At Battle Of Blenheim On Display In Germany
The exhibition "Battle of Blenheim 1704", at the Hochstadt Castle on the Danube in Germany.

Rare Sword Won By Duke Of Marlborough At Battle Of Blenheim On Display In Germany

A rare 300-year-old sword - that belonged to an officer at the Battle of Blenheim where Winston Churchill's ancestor the Duke of Marlborough defeated the Bavarians – is on display…

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Read more about the article Russian Mum With Badly-Burned Face Builds New Life With Hubby And Daughter
Picture shows Anya Boldyreva, 30, from the small village of Zhuravka in the Russian region of Voronezh who suffered severe burns to her face when a fire broke out at home when she was only seven months old.

Russian Mum With Badly-Burned Face Builds New Life With Hubby And Daughter

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A young woman who was put on display to raise cash by her grandmother after her face was horrifically burned in a house blaze when she was a baby is…

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