An Egyptian accountant was astonished when he discovered a stone bearing the likeness of the Virgin Mary carrying Jesus in her womb. Cairo resident Ahmed Hani El-Husseiny, 41, found the…
US authorities have repatriated a 2,700-year-old artefact stolen from a museum in Iraq 20 years ago. The Iron Age artefact, named 'Furniture Fitting with Sphinx Trampling a Youth', was reportedly…
Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient 'fridge' that still contained food leftovers in a former Roman military camp in Bulgaria. The object, built from ceramic plates, was found in the Novae…
Vulnerable loggerhead sea turtle that had got itself tangled in a piece of fishing net was saved by rescue workers with the help of a drone. The rescue was carried…
Surgeons have removed a screw from a two-year-old girl's nose after she pushed it right the way up her nostril and it got stuck. The incident took place in the…
These images show how a German farmer got his plough embedded in an unexploded British World War II bomb while working his field. Newsflash obtained the images and a statement…
These images show how a tree in Holland has nearly finished swallowing a traffic sign that was affixed to it years ago. The traffic sign, which limits the speed to…
New research has proved that Alexander von Humboldt was right in a claim he made 200 years ago about the volcanic origin of the so-called 'Cali glass'. The Cali glass…
This bronze Roman-era statue of a mythical winged lion with a man’s torso has been discovered at an archaeological site in the United Arab Emirates. The statue of the mythical…
Surgeons have extracted a wooden toothpick from a woman's liver after she went to A&E with stomach pain. The young woman, name and age not reported, presented herself at the…