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Image shows the extinct ant in the Hereon measuring station at DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III in an undated photo. A German research team from the University of Jena discovered a previously unknown extinct ant in 20 million-years-old amber. (Hammel, Laustroer/Newsflash)

Boffins Discover New 20-Million-Year-Old Ant Species Encased In Amber

Post author:William McGee
Post published:September 9, 2022

Astonished scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of ant after scanning a 20-million-year-old block of amber. Researchers in Germany, France and Poland made the remarkable find after using micro-computed…

Carlotta Grippaldi poses in an undated photo. Grippaldi, 27, from Turin, Italy, died after she was struck by a shutter while on vacation in Briancon, France, on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (@carlotta.grippaldi/Newsflash)

Pretty Holidaymaker Aged 27 Dies In France After Being Hit By Falling Shutter

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:August 19, 2022

A 27-year-old Italian holidaymaker has been killed in France after she was hit by a falling shutter while going to a restaurant with a friend. Carlotta Grippaldi, 27, from Turin,…

Lower jaw and front limb bones of wood mice (Apodemus cf. sylvaticus) evaluated by the University of Basel in Switzerland. (Raul Soteras, AgriChange project/Newsflash)

Prehistoric Farmers Were Bugged By Insects And Mice, Says Study

Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
Post published:July 19, 2022

Stone Age farmers in southern France were fighting mice and insects feasting on their supplies 4,000 years ago, a new study has revealed. An international team of archaeologists led by…

One of the serum bottles which are considered to be 112 years old, found in the walls of the Namazgah Bastion in Canakkale, Turkey where Gallipoli campaign took place. (Newsflash)

Vials With Mysterious Serum Found At Gallipoli Battle Site

Post author:Feza Uzay
Post published:March 9, 2022

Two mysterious 112-year-old glass vials have been found during restoration work in the area where the Gallipoli campaign took place. The military campaign took place during World War I on…

Landes in France where a father cut off the Internet in his neighbourhood while trying to get his children off screens. (Newsflash)

Hapless Dad At Wits End Trying To Get Kids Off Devices With Scrambler Accidentally Shuts Off Internet For Whole Town

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:March 3, 2022

An exasperated father who had resorted to using a scrambler to try to get his children off their devices is being prosecuted for having accidentally shut off the Internet for…

Artistic image of Abditosaurus kuehnei,the new species of dinosaur discovered in Lleida, Spain. (ICP/Newsflash)

Dinosaur Remains Believed To Be Europes Most Complete Titanosaur Discovered Near Pyrenees

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:February 24, 2022

A new species of dinosaur has been discovered near the Pyrenees and its fossilised remains have been deemed to be the most complete in Europe. The excavation, which was overseen…

Knittlingen, 'Im Bergfeld', burial of a decapitated horse. (State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in the Stuttgart Regional Council, F. Damminger/Newsflash)

Archaeologists Discover Decapitated Horse Next To Its Rider In Elite Merovingian Warrior Cemetery

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:January 5, 2022

A team of archaeologists has discovered a decapitated horse next to its rider, as well as a trove of jewellery and weapons, in a cemetery where elite Merovingian nobles and…

The arm reliquary stolen from the sacrament chapel in Kevelaer in October 2017, seized by the police in France. (Sankt Marien Kevelaer/Newsflash)

Stolen Relic Of Saint Recovered After Disappearing In Theft In Germany Four Years Ago

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:November 18, 2021

This stolen relic, believed to contain a bone belonging to a saint who died in 1597, that disappeared from a confessional chapel in Germany four years ago has been recovered…

The historic Marie-Antoinette diamonds, a stunning pair of diamond bracelets estimated up to EUR 3,4 million and offered in Switzerland. (Christie’s/Newsflash)

French Queen Marie Antoinettes Historic Diamonds Fetch Over GBP 6 Million At Christies Auction

Post author:Peter Barker
Post published:November 15, 2021

A pair of diamond bracelets that once belonged to France's last queen, Marie Antoinette, have sold at a Christie's auction for over GBP 6 million. The bracelets, which are lined…

Rock Island Auction Company presents Napoleon’s Garniture, a historical collection of militaria, a symbolic set from the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. (Rock Island Auction Company/Newsflash)

Sword Used By Napoleon Bonaparte To Seize Control Of France To Be Auctioned For Millions Of Dollars

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:November 5, 2021

This sword used by Napoleon Bonaparte to seize control of France when he chased the revolutionary government out of office, leading to him becoming Emperor, is set to be auctioned…

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