Read more about the article Man Spots Great Granny In Church’s Stained-Glass Window
Image shows the stained glass window in Linz's Mariendom, undated photo. It shows the Steineder family (the man on the right is Leopold Steineder, city carpenter of Linz, behind him his underage son Hans Steineder). (Federal Monuments Office, Bettina Neubauer-Pregl/Newsflash)

Man Spots Great Granny In Church’s Stained-Glass Window

Art experts restoring a cathedral's stained glass windows in Austria were astonished when a local identified five of his ancestors in the artwork. Art historians have been conducting a painstaking…

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Read more about the article World’s Oldest Zoo To Welcome New Panda Couple After Deal With China
Image shows male panda Yuan Yuan, undated photo. Schoenbrunn Zoo officials signed a cooperation agreement on June 26, 2024. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)

World’s Oldest Zoo To Welcome New Panda Couple After Deal With China

The oldest zoo in the world will welcome a new panda couple after extending its cooperation with China to keep protecting the rare animals for another decade. The Schoenbrunn Zoo…

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Read more about the article Empress Sisi’s Hungarian Velvet Jacket Sells For GBP 52,000 At Austrian Auction
Image shows Empress Sisi's jacket from 1880, undated photo. It sold for EUR 62.400 (GBP 52,733) in Vienna, Austria. (Dorotheum/Newsflash)

Empress Sisi’s Hungarian Velvet Jacket Sells For GBP 52,000 At Austrian Auction

A Hungarian velvet jacket that once belonged to Empress Sisi has sold for GBP 52,000 at auction in Austria. The auction took place in Vienna on 11th June, and saw…

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Read more about the article Outrage After Kazakh Tourist Carves His Name Into Beautiful Pompeii Villa Wall
Photo shows the name written in one of the walls of the archaeological excavations in Casa dei Ceii, Pompeii, undated. The damage was made by a tourist from Kazakhstan. (Newsflash)

Outrage After Kazakh Tourist Carves His Name Into Beautiful Pompeii Villa Wall

A Kazakh tourist is in trouble after he was caught carving his name, 'Ali,' on an ancient wall in Pompeii. The man was reportedly caught red-handed damaging one of the…

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Read more about the article World’s ‘Oldest Person’ Celebrates Her 124th Birthday
Amantina dos Santos Duvirgem, 124, poses at her 123rd birthday party, in Tibagi, Brazil, on Friday, June 16, 2023. The Tibagi City Hall will organize a birthday party again in 2024. (Newsflash)

World’s ‘Oldest Person’ Celebrates Her 124th Birthday

A woman said to be the oldest person ever in the world by officials in Brazil has celebrated her amazing 124th birthday. Amantina dos Santos Duvirgem, also known as Dona…

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Read more about the article Ancient Graveyard With Bodies Wrapped In Tree Bark Found Beneath Burned Down Church
Photo shows a burial in a birch bark bundle on the territory of the burnt Uspenskaya church in Kondopoga, Republic of Karelia, Russia, undated. Archaeologists discovered an intact necropolis. (Institute of Archeology of RAS/Newsflash)

Ancient Graveyard With Bodies Wrapped In Tree Bark Found Beneath Burned Down Church

An ancient graveyard with bodies buried wrapped in ritual birch bark has been unearthed by archaeologists under a burned-down church in Russia. The cemetery, which dates back to the 1100s,…

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Read more about the article Smuggler Seized With Ancient GBP 1.2 Million Mosaic Of Virgin Mary From Time Of Christ
Photo shows 2,000-year-old mosaic of Virgin Mary, undated. The artefact was retrieved by police while searching the home of illegal smuggler S.K. 29, who tried to sell it for TRY 50 million (GBP 1.2 million) in Manisa, Turkey. (Mehmet Ersoy/Newsflash)

Smuggler Seized With Ancient GBP 1.2 Million Mosaic Of Virgin Mary From Time Of Christ

An ancient mosaic dating back 2,000 years to the time of Christ and showing the face of the Virgin Mary has been seized from a smuggler in Turkey who was…

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Read more about the article Demolition Of Railway Viaduct Dating Back 100 Years Ago Because Of Moving Mountains Was Illegal
Image shows the Castielertobel Viaduct in the Canton of Graubuenden, Switzerland, undated photo. It was blown up on Monday morning, May 13, 2024. (RhB/Newsflash)

Demolition Of Railway Viaduct Dating Back 100 Years Ago Because Of Moving Mountains Was Illegal

Railway viaduct dating back more than 100 years is apparently illegally blown up in an environmentally sensitive area. Police are currently investigating how the mixup happened, following the demolition of…

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Read more about the article 1,000-Year-Old Board Game Pieces Found In Castle
Image shows a chess piece, a game piece, and dice from the 11th/12th century, undated photo. The finds were discovered at an archaeological excavation at Burgstein, Germany, in 2022. (University of Tuebingen, Victor Brigola/Newsflash)

1,000-Year-Old Board Game Pieces Found In Castle

An ancient chess knight dating back 1,000 years has been unearthed by archaeologists in the ruins of a long-lost castle in Germany. The previously unknown site, in the mountains of…

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