A German pensioner discovering a plastic bag packed with precious jewellery and cash in a hedge in his garden has been told by cops that he can keep it all. The man - whose identity and age have been withheld due to local privacy laws - made the discovery during…
https://youtu.be/6BKxL9q7uno Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash Archaeologists carrying out a dig prior to the expansion of the town of Rahat have found the remains of a 1,200-year-old palatial estate that had cooled rooms to escape the heat. The find hailed as exciting by the experts is the first of its…
An astonished DIY fan discovered a secret hoard of EUR 150,000 in cash when he reassembled a kitchen he had bought on eBay. The lucky buyer identified as Thomas Heller, 50, from the town of Bitterfeld in Germany - had bought the cabinets from an elderly couple's estate sale on…
This picturesque Spanish castle ruin with a history spanning a thousand years and dating back to the 11th century has gone up for sale for EUR 500,000 after being blown up by Napoleon's troops 210 years ago. The castle is a protected monument located in the municipality of Cogolludo in…
A 95-year-old German baroness cut her daughter out of her will and decided to give her estate worth millions to a lawyer - but her will has raised suspicions after it was shakily written "in old man writing" on a single sheet of paper. The baroness' adopted daughter sued and…
This is the moment stunned residents of a quiet residential estate watch as hundreds of goats rampage through their San Jose neighbourhood in California. Locals said that around 200 goats managed to escape from the hillside area where they were kept behind Zach Roelands' home in the sunshine state after…
A luxury home owned by the deceased drug lord of the Juarez Cartel has been put up for auction by the Mexican authorities for nearly 2 million GBP. The public auction, organised by the ‘Instituto para Devolver al Pueblo lo Robado’ (‘Institute for Giving Back to the People What Was…
This is the emotional moment an entire street walks into their front gardens on an estate in Worcestershire in order to sing happy birthday to a 98-year-old when they heard that she had celebrated it alone the day before. Chris Carr, 30, a former soldier and Afghanistan war veteran, said…
The four hippos bought by drug lord Pablo Escobar to roam his estate in Medellin have reportedly become a danger to humans and animals after multiplying to around 80. The deceased drug lord, who was shot dead in December 1993, bought four hippos to live at his Hacienda Napoles estate…
A German woman who inherited valuable pre-Hispanic archaeological artefacts in her father's estate has voluntarily handed them back to Mexican officials. According to the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the three artefacts that in one case are up to 1,800 years old were voluntarily handed over to the Mexican Embassy…