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Picture shows the artefacts and drawings of them, during the analysis, undated. The flint tools discovered over 50 years ago in Tunel Wielki cave, in Poland were found to be half a million years old after an extensive project aimed at analysing artefacts by the University of Warsaw. (M. Kot/Newsflash)

Tools Dating Back Half A Million Years And Used By Extinct Human Ancestors Unearthed In Polish Cave

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:October 28, 2022

These tools used by an extinct ancestor of modern-day humans and found in a cave in Poland have been dated back half a million years. The impressive discovery was made…

Image shows an ancient fridge, undated photo. It was found in the post-ancient city of Novae, Bulgaria. (P. Dyczek/Newsflash)

Archaeologists Find Ancient Roman Fridge With Food Leftovers In Bulgaria

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:October 18, 2022

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…

Image shows the extinct ant in the Hereon measuring station at DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III in an undated photo. A German research team from the University of Jena discovered a previously unknown extinct ant in 20 million-years-old amber. (Hammel, Laustroer/Newsflash)

Boffins Discover New 20-Million-Year-Old Ant Species Encased In Amber

Post author:William McGee
Post published:September 9, 2022

Astonished scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of ant after scanning a 20-million-year-old block of amber. Researchers in Germany, France and Poland made the remarkable find after using micro-computed…

Photo shows scenes from a farm in Masuria, Poland, where cows were saved from dying in their own dung, undated photo. The animal rescue service spotted the farm on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (@inspektorat.otozanimals.dzialdowo/Newsflash)

Neglected Cows Drown In Own Faeces Riddled With Decaying Carcasses

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:August 31, 2022

These shocking images show starving cows on a horror farm in Poland that were found living in their own faeces along with the decaying carcasses of other bovines that had…

Picture shows dead fish in the Odra river, undated. There have been a number of dead fish found in the water. (@Gabi_Koz/CEN)

Thousands of Fish Dead On Poisoned River

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:August 17, 2022

Environmental experts have warned of a poisoning disaster after thousands of dead fish were found in a Polish river. Shocking images of fish floating on the surface of the Oder…

Picture shows Liban Quarry, in Krakow, Poland in a screen from undated video. It is to be turned into a nature reserve. (Newsflash)

Spielberg Movie Quarry To Become Nature Reserve

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:August 16, 2022

A quarry where Steven Spielberg filmed Schindler's List is set to be turned into a nature reserve after being saved from developers. The Liban Quarry, located in the southern Polish…

Ashes of 8,000 Nazi victims discovered near a former German concentration camp in Poland. (Newsflash)

Burned Remains Of 8,000 Nazi Death Camp Victims

Post author:William McGee
Post published:July 24, 2022

The charred remains of 8,000 victims of a Nazi World War II death camp have been unearthed in woodlands in northern Poland. Experts say 17.5 tonnes of human ashes have…

An anti-aircraft missile from the Second World War was found in Wieliczka, Poland in June 2022. (@Malopolska.Policja/Newsflash)

World War II Anti-Aircraft Missile Found Near Krakow Leads To Evacuation Of Over 450 People

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:June 21, 2022

An anti-aircraft missile dating back to World War II has been found near Krakow leading to the evacuation of over 450 people. The device, weighing 50 kilogrammes (110 lbs), was…

The largest statue of Christ in Brazil, 43 meters tall, in Encantado, Brazil, completed in April, 2022. (Emerson Edson Ruckert/Newsflash)

New Christ Statue Is One of Tallest In The World

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:May 13, 2022

A breathtaking new statue of Jesus even bigger than Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer has been completed in Brazil. Work on ‘Christ the Protector’ was completed in the…

The former concentration camp secretary Irmgard Furchner in the Itzehoe regional court. (Newsflash)

Jewish Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Testifies Against Former Secretary, 96, In German Court

Post author:William McGee
Post published:December 23, 2021

A Jewish survivor of the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp has testified in court against a former secretary who is on trial for complicity in over 11,000 cases of murder and…