The oldest-known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has sold for over USD 5 million at Sotheby's in New York. Dating back to the Late Roman-Byzantine Era (ca. 300-800…
The world’s oldest zoo has delighted visitors by sharing the first glimpses of its adorable newborn two-toed sloth. Officials at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, revealed that the pair of…
A British millionaire couple are reportedly refusing to pay their craftsmen GBP 664,000 for renovating their castle. Steinegg Castle in Thurgau, in Switzerland, is being renovated for CHF 12 million…
This 300-year-old Stradivarius violin is set to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction with an estimated price tag of between USD 12 million and USD 18…
A famous German artist's last known painting has sold at auction for a whopping EUR 3.7 million, beating expectations that it would go for 'just' EUR 1.4 million. Max Beckmann…
These images show an adorable baby giraffe that was recently welcomed at the world's oldest zoo taking its first steps and snuggling up to mum. Officials at Schoenbrunn Zoo, in…
A saintly statue showing the baby Jesus with his grandmother and mum has been miraculously returned to a church more than 50 years after it was stolen. The 15th-century masterpiece…
A castle said to have inspired the Brothers Grimm's Sleeping Beauty fairytale is under siege from a modern-day foe as builders start to surround it with a forest of wind…
An 18th-century necklace worn to Queen Elizabeth II's coronation has gone under the hammer at an auction in Geneva for GBP 3.79 million. The historical bejewelled necklace with 300 carats…
A spooky German castle with its own pint-sized poltergeist has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site. The fairy-tale turrets of Schwerin Castle, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State, survived two world…