An Israeli soldier who went for a hike in the rain while taking a two-day break from the army discovered an almost 3,000-year-old scarab beetle carved into a precious stone…
A 53-year-old man accused of stealing a priceless crucifix worn by Pope Benedict XVI is facing trial in Germany. Senior Public Prosecutor Rainer Vietze announced on 13th February that the…
A man was stunned when the cops showed up after he decided to have a piece of marble art appraised that turned out to have been looted from Pompeii 50…
Archaeologists in China have unearthed hundreds of priceless Ming Dynasty porcelain dating back hundreds of years and other priceless relics from an ancient shipwreck site at the bottom of the…
The returned looted Benin bronzes look set to end up as ornaments in private palaces of the country's wealthy ruler after Nigerian officials' decision to hand them over to the…
The world's largest Ottoman Quran weighing 176lbs has gone on show in Egypt. The Quran, which weighs an impressive 80 kilogrammes (176 lbs), went on show at Egypt’s Islamic Cultural…
A 27-year-old historian has found a unique 1,000-year-old mediaeval gold treasure using a metal detector. One of the pieces is said to feature a depiction of Jesus Christ and the…
Astronomers scouring the countryside in southern Italy after reports that an asteroid was big enough to hit the Earth were amazed when they got a call from two brothers after…
A priceless hoard of ancient Celtic gold, silver jewellery and coins has gone on show in Austria. The sensational find could have been buried by its high-status owner either because…
Egypt has returned nearly 200 ancient coins to their modern homelands after they were seized by officials being trafficked into the country. Envoys from Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and China…