Read more about the article German City Returns Art Looted During British Colonial Times That Is Worth Over EUR 58 Million
Image shows a sculpture with Idah War scenery, undated photo. The city of Hamburg, Germany returned looted art stolen during British colonial times to Nigeria in September 2022. (MARKK/Newsflash)

German City Returns Art Looted During British Colonial Times That Is Worth Over EUR 58 Million

German authorities have returned a total of 179 art pieces to Nigeria after they were stolen during British colonial invasions in the former Kingdom of Benin. The decision to deliver…

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Read more about the article Rain Shrine In Honour Of Water Goddess Found In Lost City
Excavation of the perimeter wall at the entrance to Rabana valley in Iraqi Kurdistan in undated photo. Archaeological investigations offer up new findings on the history of Parthian settlements in Iraqi Kurdistan. (Rabana-Merquly Archaeological Project/Newsflash)

Rain Shrine In Honour Of Water Goddess Found In Lost City

A rain shrine linked to a water goddess has been found in an ancient mountain fortress that archaeologists believe could be the long-lost city of Natuonia. Little is known of…

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Read more about the article Looted Benin Bronzes Returned By Germany
One of the first two artifacts that were returned to Nigeria representing a memorial head of a king dating back to the 18th century, III C. (Ethnological Museum of the Berlin State Museums, Prussian Cultural Heritage, Martin Franken/Newsflash)

Looted Benin Bronzes Returned By Germany

German authorities have returned the first of a treasure trove of bronzes looted from West Africa during the colonial era. The sculptures - known as the Benin Bronzes - were…

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Read more about the article Woman Aged 103 Who Defied Mussolini After He Annexed Her Home Wants To Die Austrian
Hermine Orian, aged 103, from the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol in Italy who is fighting for an Austrian citizenship, as according to her statements "she wants to die an Austrian." (Andreas Hofer, Bund fur Tirol (AHBT)/Newsflash)

Woman Aged 103 Who Defied Mussolini After He Annexed Her Home Wants To Die Austrian

A brave woman who refused to accept that she had to speak Italian when Austria lost South Tyrol to the fascists after the First World War has said she wants…

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Read more about the article Archaeologists Discover Decapitated Horse Next To Its Rider In Elite Merovingian Warrior Cemetery
Knittlingen, 'Im Bergfeld', burial of a decapitated horse. (State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in the Stuttgart Regional Council, F. Damminger/Newsflash)

Archaeologists Discover Decapitated Horse Next To Its Rider In Elite Merovingian Warrior Cemetery

A team of archaeologists has discovered a decapitated horse next to its rider, as well as a trove of jewellery and weapons, in a cemetery where elite Merovingian nobles and…

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Read more about the article Experts Reveal How Dragonflies Migrate Over 1000 Miles Of Open Ocean
An international research team has used models and simulations to find out if dragonflies can migrate thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean.

Experts Reveal How Dragonflies Migrate Over 1000 Miles Of Open Ocean

A new study has revealed how dragonflies that are not even two inches long are able to fly nonstop for over a thousand miles in the longest migration relative to…

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Read more about the article Experts Fix Bungled Church Painting Restoration After Saint Peter Was Turned Into Doubting Thomas
The painting 'Thomas kissing the hand of Christ' located in the Saint Peter and Paul Church, in Pulle, Belgium, before it was restored and discovered that it was overpainted and showed Thomas in the painting.

Experts Fix Bungled Church Painting Restoration After Saint Peter Was Turned Into Doubting Thomas

Experts in Belgium have fixed a bungled restoration the painting linked with Flemish Grand Master Rubens that saw Saint Peter being handed the keys to the kingdom of heaven by…

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