Photo shows the ancient slingstones, the earliest evidence of warfare and organized arming in the Southern Levant, and specifically in the area of modern Israel, undated. It is revealed that there was mass production of weapons as long as about 7,200 years ago. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Archaelogists Unearth 7,000-Year-Old Arms Dump In Israel

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 1, 2023

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed the earliest known evidence of war in the region dating back more than 7,000 years. A study of hundreds of sling stones has revealed they…

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Russian super yacht 'Dilbar' banned to leave Hamburg port due to sanctions. (Newsflash)

Cops Ordered To Return Belongings To Russian Oligarch After Court Deems Searches Illegal

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 13, 2023

A German court has ruled in favour of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and said that all of the evidence including paintings worth millions that were seized from his luxury yacht…

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Image shows a tissue from one of the Medici embalming vessels was subjected to microscopic and molecular analysis, undated photo. Evidence of the parasite that causes a virulent type of malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) was detected in a 500-year-old organ stored in a terracotta jar bearing the Medici family crest. (Eurac Research/Newsflash)

Medicis May Have Been Wiped Out By Malaria Not Assassins

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:September 1, 2023

Astonishing new evidence has revealed that members of the notoriously plot-ridden Medici family may have died of malaria and not murder. The powerful Rennaisance family spawned four popes and two…

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Photo shows two upper-class brothers who were buried beneath a home in the ancient city of Megiddo, Israel, undated. One of the brothers found out to have undergone a brain surgery not long before he died. (Rachel Kalisher/Newsflash)

Bronze Age Brain Surgery On Royal Brothers Discovered

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:March 1, 2023

Rare brain operations carried out 3,500 years ago on two elite – and perhaps even royal – brothers by Bronze Age surgeons have been revealed by archaeologists. The skulls of…

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Picture shows the Hip mask, from the Kingdom of Benin, undated. Eight Swiss museums are a part of the Benin Initiative Switzerland, to research the origin of their holdings from Kingdom of Benin. (Museum Rietberg, Rainer Wolfsberger/Newsflash)

More Than Half Exhibited Benin Objects In Switzerland Were Most Likely Looted By British Troops, Shows Research

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:February 12, 2023

Over half of the artefacts from the former African Kingdom of Benin that are exhibited in Switzerland ended up there after they were stolen by British soldiers in the 19th…

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Picture shows a tied up horse at a slaughterhouse in Arriaga, Mexico. An investigation by Igualdad Animal showed choking, electric shocks and beatings with sticks are daily practices at a slaughterhouse for horse meat. (Igualdad Animal/Newsflash)

Shocking Torture Of Horses Slaughtered To Be Sold As Beef

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:November 29, 2022

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Shocking evidence of the cruel slaughter of horses said to be sold off as beef from an abattoir in Mexico. Picture shows a horse beaten with a…

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Image shows the Messel boa (Messelophis variatus) which is the world's first fossil record of a viviparous snake, undated photo. It was discovered by an Argentine-German research team. (Senckenberg/Newsflash)

Oldest Live Birth Of Snake Dating Back 47 Million Years Discovered

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 22, 2022

A team of scientists has discovered what they say is the first evidence in the world – dating back 47 million years – of a snake giving birth to its…

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Photo shows artefacts unearthed during the excavations at the Tel Yehud site in Israel, undated photo. A new study by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University and The Weizmann Institute of Science has revealed the earliest known evidence of the use of the hallucinogenic drug opium, and psychoactive drugs in general, in the world. (Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Ancient Tombs Reveal Opium Use 2,300 Years Ago

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:September 26, 2022

Ceramic vessels discovered in ancient tombs in Israel have revealed the world's earliest evidence of opium use dating back more than 2,300 years. The images show the opium paraphernalia from…

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The atlas moth found on a garage compared to a man's hand, in Bellvue, Washington, USA, undated. USDAs Animal and Plant Health Investigation Service confirmed the specimen as an atlas moth on July 27, 2022. (WSDA/Newsflash)

Massive Moth With 10-Inch Wingspan Found In USA For 1st Time

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:August 24, 2022

This massive moth with a 10-inch wingspan has been found in the USA for the first time. The revelation was made by the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), which…

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A recent study on the butchered remains of a mother and baby mammoth shows that humans lived in North America tens of thousands of years earlier than conventionally thought. See SWNS story SWSCmammoth;

Newly Found Mammoth Butchering Site Proves Humans Were In North America Much, Much Earlier

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:August 22, 2022

A newly discovered mammoth butchering site proves that humans were in north America nearly 15,000 years earlier than thought, scientists have revealed. The site from 37,000 years ago discovered bones…

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