A 107-year-old Italian World War II veteran who fought the Nazis as a resistance fighter and ended up in a Nazi concentration camp has died. Pasquale Gissi, known to locals…
A former Battle of Britain hero has met with the daughter of a little girl who helped him escape from German forces nearly 80 years ago after his Spitfire was…
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…
Timewarp collection of classic VW Beetles that will have car fans bugging out at the discovery. Urban explorer Bob Thissen discovered the long-lost hoard as he explored an abandoned Swiss…
An Austrian vintner has made a remarkable discovery after stumbling upon 40,000-year-old mammoth bones while renovating his cellar for the coming harvest. Winemaker Andreas Pernerstorfer was stunned when he came…
Solid gold Renaissance ship-shaped drinking flasks complete with rigging and sailors have gone on show at a special exhibition in Germany. The ornately decorated vessels were created by craftsmen in…
A Cold War-era nuclear fallout shelter has had its price slashed by more than half after failing to find a buyer in Germany. The fully operational bunker, in Xanten, in…
A 16-year-old high-school pupil has amazed experts after unearthing a 1,600-year-old Roman oil lamp during a class hike. Yonatan Frankel, from Tamar High School, in Hod Hasharon, Israel, was on…
New research has determined that a Nazi concentration camp lampshade is made of stretched human skin. It has long been suspected that the "small lampshade" from the Buchenwald concentration camp…
A 2,000-year-old stone box unearthed burned and damaged in Israel's ancient City of David was probably a casualty of a revolt against Roman invaders by occupied Jews, say experts. The…