Read more about the article Historian Finds Unique 1,000-Year-Old Mediaeval Gold Treasure Using Metal Detector
Image shows four gold earrings, two gold strips and thirty-nine silver pennies, undated photo. Dutch historian Lorenzo Ruijter, 27, found a unique 1,000-year-old medieval golden treasure in Hoogwoud, North Holland province, the Netherlands. (Archeology West-Friesland, Fleur Schinning/Newsflash)

Historian Finds Unique 1,000-Year-Old Mediaeval Gold Treasure Using Metal Detector

A 27-year-old historian has found a unique 1,000-year-old mediaeval gold treasure using a metal detector. One of the pieces is said to feature a depiction of Jesus Christ and the…

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Read more about the article Museum Conned Out Of EUR 40,000 By Dutch Fraudster
Breast star of the Polish White Eagle Order stolen from the historic Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, in November 2019. (Police Saxony/Newsflash)

Museum Conned Out Of EUR 40,000 By Dutch Fraudster

Museum chiefs trying to recover a EUR-110-million haul stolen in a heist were conned into handing a fortune in cash to a fraudster, prosecutors in Germany have revealed. The collection…

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Read more about the article Dutch Art Experts Claim Piece Long Thought To Be Imitation Is Actually A Rembrandt
Photo shows "The Raising of the Cross" oil sketch from the 1640s, which was believed to be an be an imitation, undated photo. The Bredius Museum in The Hague, Netherlands, where the sketch has been on display since it was bought in 1921, has revealed, thanks to new scientific techniques, it was, in fact, painted by Rembrandt. (@MuseumBredius/Newsflash)

Dutch Art Experts Claim Piece Long Thought To Be Imitation Is Actually A Rembrandt

Art experts in the Netherlands have claimed that a piece long thought to be an imitation was actually painted by Rembrandt himself. "The Raising of the Cross" oil sketch had…

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Read more about the article Study Shows Camel Poop Does Not Treat Dysentery
Illustrative image of camels, undated photo. A team of microbiologists from Amsterdam UMC and the University of Amsterdam say camel faeces is not a cure for diarrhoea. (Newsflash)

Study Shows Camel Poop Does Not Treat Dysentery

Dutch boffins have debunked the myth that camel poo can help treat dysentery as was previously believed to have been done by nomadic Arab tribes in North Africa. The microbiologists…

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Read more about the article Haunting Wreckage Of Downed British WWII Bomber Where 8 Killed Washes Up On Dutch Beach
Short Stirling MK1, the first four-engined British heavy bomber used in the Second World War. (@Egmond4045/Newsflash)

Haunting Wreckage Of Downed British WWII Bomber Where 8 Killed Washes Up On Dutch Beach

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…

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Read more about the article Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting Worth Millions To Jewish Heirs After They Sold It To Escape Nazis During WWII
The painting named 'Bild mit Hausern' (Painting with Houses) by Wassily Kandinsky that was handed over to the heirs of the original owners in the Netherlands. (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam/Newsflash)

Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting Worth Millions To Jewish Heirs After They Sold It To Escape Nazis During WWII

A museum in Amsterdam has returned a Kandinsky painting worth millions to the descendants of its Jewish owners who had to sell it under duress to escape the Nazis during…

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Read more about the article Dutchman Arrested For Selling Deadly Coronavirus Online So People Can Give Themselves The Bug
Illustrative photo for Dutch financial police. (Newsflash)

Dutchman Arrested For Selling Deadly Coronavirus Online So People Can Give Themselves The Bug

A Dutchman has been arrested for selling the coronavirus online so that people can give themselves the deadly virus. The man, who was arrested by the Dutch financial police, was…

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Read more about the article Shipwreck That Led To First European Settlers In Australia Reveals Seafaring Domination Secrets
Artists impression of the 1629 Batavia ship with a white line indicating the preserved section of the port-side transom raised from the shipwreck site. (Ross Shardlow/Newsflash)

Shipwreck That Led To First European Settlers In Australia Reveals Seafaring Domination Secrets

A study into the timber used to build the Batavia ship that ended up sinking off the coast of West Australia in the 17th century resulting in the first official…

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Read more about the article Freya The Walrus Chills On Dutch Navy Submarine After Straying From The Arctic
The walrus Freya that was swimming off the Dutch coast, rested on a submarine of the Dutch navy in October 2021. (Koninklijke Marine/Newsflash)

Freya The Walrus Chills On Dutch Navy Submarine After Straying From The Arctic

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This is the moment Freya the walrus chills out on a Walrus-class submarine after straying from her home in the Arctic in search of food. Freya appeared on a Royal…

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