Read more about the article More Than Half Exhibited Benin Objects In Switzerland Were Most Likely Looted By British Troops, Shows Research
Picture shows the Hip mask, from the Kingdom of Benin, undated. Eight Swiss museums are a part of the Benin Initiative Switzerland, to research the origin of their holdings from Kingdom of Benin. (Museum Rietberg, Rainer Wolfsberger/Newsflash)

More Than Half Exhibited Benin Objects In Switzerland Were Most Likely Looted By British Troops, Shows Research

Over half of the artefacts from the former African Kingdom of Benin that are exhibited in Switzerland ended up there after they were stolen by British soldiers in the 19th…

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Read more about the article UK Institution Donates Nearly 20,000-Bird Collection To Austrian Museum
Image shows the Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops), undated photo. The British Harrison Institute in Sevenoaks, England will donated 19,000 birds to the Natural History Museum Vienna in Austria on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (Robbie Bright/Newsflash)

UK Institution Donates Nearly 20,000-Bird Collection To Austrian Museum

A British research and charity institution has donated its enormous bird specimen collection to one of the leading natural history museums of Central Europe. The Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM)…

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Read more about the article Egyptian Mummy’s Decapitated Head Found In An Attic Reveals Its Secrets Through CT Analysis
A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in Kent has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets.(Simon Galloway SWNS/Newsflash)

Egyptian Mummy’s Decapitated Head Found In An Attic Reveals Its Secrets Through CT Analysis

A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in Kent, in the United Kingdom, has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets. The head, which…

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Read more about the article Hippos Inhabited Germanys River Rhine Whilst Mammoths Wandered Along The Bank During Last Ice Age
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rosendahl, General Director of the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum, unveils the lifelike reconstruction of a hippopotamus in the exhibition "Ice Age Safari" in Germany. (REM, Rebecca Kind/Newsflash)

Hippos Inhabited Germanys River Rhine Whilst Mammoths Wandered Along The Bank During Last Ice Age

A study has revealed that Germany's Rhine river was home to hippos around 30,000 years ago meaning the mammals that are now only native to Africa once wandered the European…

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