A special gold bar to mark the holiest month for Muslim worshippers has been released by the UK's Royal Mint. The 20-gramme gold bullion bar features a design showing Mecca's…
Archaeologists have discovered a bronze hand dating back 2,100 years and sporting the oldest known inscription in the Basque language that could shed light on its history. The discovery was…
A 'synthetic' embryo with a brain and beating heart has been created by British scientists. It features the foundations of all the body's organs - including neural and gut tubes…
A 1930s artwork that pokes fun at Hitler and was believed to have been found years ago in a train station may have been painted by Picasso. ‘The Eye of…
President Erdogan has reportedly pulled the Turkish version of the TV show 'The Masked Singer' because of its alleged satanic and pagan imagery. The reality show features contestants in costume…
Strange tastes in Japan that include vending machines selling ladies' knickers and vibrator bars have now been joined by a weird bestseller book - about panda bums. The 64-page book…
This bronze Roman-era statue of a mythical winged lion with a man’s torso has been discovered at an archaeological site in the United Arab Emirates. The statue of the mythical…
This badge bearing the Great Seal of the USA - that also features on the one-dollar bill alongside a truncated pyramid topped with an all-seeing eye - has been unearthed…
The Simon Wiesenthal antisemitism organisation has blasted the new design of an Argentinian bank note which features a man they say was an avid admirer of Hitler. They also say…
Twenty Russian models who appeared in a raunchy video for a popular German rock band that features a number of staged sex acts in BDSM gear have claimed they are…