Cops have recovered a unique pre-Roman sword of great historical value that had been looted and was being sold online in southern Spain. The piece is a falcata, a type…
Germany is set to return Mayan artefacts to Mexico and Guatemala after they were looted by tomb raiders and sold for less than EUR 100 at a flea market. The…
Turkish cops have recovered two gold-covered Torahs, the Jewish holy book, which had been inscribed on animal skin after busting a historical artefact smuggling gang. The two holy books were…
The historical clock at the iconic Bank of Spain building in Madrid has stopped for the first time in 130 years after the mechanism froze in the record low temperatures…
Turkish fishermen have netted a six-foot tall headless bronze statue from an as-yet undetermined historical period. The fishermen cast their nets off the coast of Bodrum in southeast Turkey to…
Members of Polish historical society have discovered a 2,500-year-old horse harness while using a metal detector in a forest. Members of the Weles Historical Society found 156 decorative bronze fragments…
This priest has been found guilty of stealing 262,000 GBP and historical artefacts from the Church and his parishioners so he could afford a life of luxury that included buying…
This stunning Romanian palace with 120 rooms that was built by a beer baron and later confiscated by the communists is up for sale for 20 million GBP. The plush…
These images showing two pretty young women posing next to a Mercedes SUV in Beijing’s ‘Forbidden City’ complex that have sparked outrage in China as vehicles are banned at the…
This is the moment a historical Qing Dynasty mansion erected with wood-stone goes up in flames with the raging fire illuminating the night sky. The distressing scenes were captured in…