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World’s Oldest Paternoster Elevator Back In Service

June 16, 2022June 15, 2022 Thomas Hochwarter Art, Blueprints, Buildings, Construction, Curious, Discovered, Elevator, Functioning, Germany, Hamburg, Heritage, Historic, History, Houses, Lift, Oldest, Paternoster, Researching, Service, Student, World

A curious student researching historic buildings has discovered the world’s oldest functioning paternoster lift. Art history student Robin Augenstein, 32,

Crime Europe General News

Miraculous Return Of Churchs Stolen Saints

April 27, 2022June 11, 2022 Lee Bullen Altar, Artworks, Astonished, Bishop, Celebrating, Church, Civil Guard, Cultural, Culture, Disappeared, Handed, Heritage, Institute, Leaders, Ministry, Miraculous, Officials, Panels, Presentation, Renaissance, Return, Saints, Santa Maria, Spain, Stolen, Zamora

Astonished church leaders are celebrating the miraculous return of 16th-century panels of saints stolen from an altar more than 40

Archaeology Europe General News

People In Worlds Oldest City Walled Up The Painted Skeletons Of Their Dead Before Digging Them Up And Passing Them Around

March 28, 2022March 27, 2022 Joseph Golder Bern, Buried, City, community, Conducted, Dead, Dig, Digging, Heritage, Homes, Inhabitants, Neolithic, Oldest, Painted, Parts, Passing, People, Redecorating, Remains, Repainting, Researchers, Site, Skeletal, Skeletons, Skulls, Study, Switzerland, UNESCO, University, Walled Up, Walls, Worlds

The inhabitants of the “world’s oldest city” – now a UNESCO World Heritage Site – painted the skeletal remains of

Animals General News Turkey

Double Headed Conjoined Twin Turtles Die Of Multiple Organ Failure

March 7, 2022March 6, 2022 Joseph Golder Beach, Biology, Conjoined, Conservation, Denizli, Department, Die, Discovering, Double, Experts, Failure, Foreign, Found, Headed, HEadlines, Heritage, Hot Springs, International, Multiple, Nature, Organ, Pamukkale, Parks, Rare, Struggled, Survive, Team, Tourist, Turkey, Turtles, Twin, UNESCO, University, Wild, World

These rare conjoined twin turtles that made international headlines after they were found on a beach by a tourist have

Archaeology Europe General News

Once-In-Lifetime Find As 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Gold Coins Dubbed Pot Of Gold At End Of Rainbow Unearthed In Germany

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Joseph Golder Amateur, Archaeological, Archaeologist, Baitz, Celtic, Curved, Discovery, dubbed, End Of Rainbow, Find, Germany, Goethe University, Gold Coins, Heritage, Hoard, Legend, Legendary, Management, Museum, Once-In-Lifetime, Pot Of Gold, Rainbow Cups, State, Unearthed, Volunteer, Wolfang Herkt

This 2,000-year-old hoard of Celtic gold coins called “rainbow cups” in reference to the legendary pot of gold at the

Food And Drink General News Turkey

Turk Food Firm Renames Negro Biscuit To Avoid Causing Offence

December 10, 2021December 9, 2021 Lee Bullen African, Announcement, Avoid, Backlash, Biscuit, Black, Brand, Causing, Changed, Chocolate, Colour, Company, Criticised, English, Eti, Fears, Firm, Food, Heritage, Negro, Nero, Offence, Popular, Portuguese, Racist, Renames, Result, Revealing, Spanish, Turk, Turkish, Undergo

A Turkish food company has changed the name of their 30-year-old chocolate ‘Negro’ biscuit brand to ‘Nero’ to avoid being

Animals General News Turkey

Tourist Shocked After Finding Two-Headed Tortoise Stumbling Around By A Famous Turkish Hot Spring

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Peter Barker Biology, Bizarre, Conjoined, Conservation, Crawl, Curious, Department, Discovering, Experts, Famous, Finding, Found, Heritage, Hot Spring, Looking, National Park, Nature, Observed, Pamukkale, Scientists, Shocked, Slowly, Stumbling, Table, Tortoise, Tourist, Turkish, Two-Headed, UNESCO, Wild, World

This is the moment two bizarre-looking conjoined tortoises very slowly crawl across a table whilst being observed by curious scientists.

Credit: Sami Raninen, Finnish Heritage Agency/Newsflash

Archaeology Europe General News

Bronze Age Sword Unearthed By Man With Metal Detector In Parents Back Garden

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 Joseph Golder Age, Ancient, Back, Bronze, Burial, Could, Date, Detector, Discovered, Found, Garden, Heritage, Man, Metal, Parents, Sacrifice, Sword, Unearthed

A Bronze Age sword that could date back as far as 1700 BC has been found by a man using

Architecture General News Russia

Photographer Reveals Stunning Abandoned Russian Churches Vanishing After Decades Of Neglect

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Arian Movileanu Abandoned, After, Captured, Churches, Country, Decades, Documenting, Fields, forests, Haunting, Heritage, Hidden, Images, Middle, Neglect, Photographer, Religious, Reveals, Russian, Stunning, Vanishing

These haunting images of abandoned Russian churches in the middle of fields or hidden in forests have been captured by

Archaeology Europe General News

Fossil Of Unknown Bird Species Resembling Great Tit Found During Dig At UNESCO Site

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Georgina Jadikovska Archaeologists, Bird, Dig, During, Fossil, Found, German, Great, Heritage, Resembles, Resembling, Site, Species, Uncovered, UNESCO, Unknown, World

A well-preserved fossil of an unknown bird species which resembles the great tit has been uncovered at an UNESCO World

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World’s Oldest Paternoster Elevator Back In Service

Miraculous Return Of Churchs Stolen Saints

People In Worlds Oldest City Walled Up The Painted Skeletons Of Their Dead Before Digging Them Up And Passing Them Around

Double Headed Conjoined Twin Turtles Die Of Multiple Organ Failure

Once-In-Lifetime Find As 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Gold Coins Dubbed Pot Of Gold At End Of Rainbow Unearthed In Germany

Turk Food Firm Renames Negro Biscuit To Avoid Causing Offence

Tourist Shocked After Finding Two-Headed Tortoise Stumbling Around By A Famous Turkish Hot Spring

Bronze Age Sword Unearthed By Man With Metal Detector In Parents Back Garden

Photographer Reveals Stunning Abandoned Russian Churches Vanishing After Decades Of Neglect

Fossil Of Unknown Bird Species Resembling Great Tit Found During Dig At UNESCO Site

Experts Study Rare African Parchment In Search Of Clues About The Evolution Of Writing

Mysterious 500 Year Old Shrunken Heads Had Lips Sewn Shut To Keep Evil Spirits Trapped Inside Them

Fox Found Frozen Solid In Standing Position After Temps Plummet To Minus 20

Designer Wows With Dark Fantasy Images With Heavy Metal Influence

Jane Goodall Brands Monkey Horror Lab Worst Ever Seen