Read more about the article Long-Lost Painting Of Devil’s Game To Go Under Hammer
Photo shows 'La Coda del Diavolo' (The Devil's Tail), oil on canvas by Fausto Zonaro, estimated 100,000 160,000. The painting will be put up for auction at Dorotheum in Vienna on October 24, 2023. ( Dorotheum/Newsflash)

Long-Lost Painting Of Devil’s Game To Go Under Hammer

A 19th-century royal painting missing for more than 100 years is to go under the hammer for EUR 160,000 after it was rediscovered in a private collection. The artwork, 'La…

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Read more about the article Hundreds Of Snaps From NASA Moon Missions To Be Auctioned
Image shows the only photograph of Neil Armstrong on the Moon, undated photo. It is estimated to go under the hammer for EUR 15,000 - 25,000 (GBP 12,872 - 21,452) at the Dorotheum, in the city of Vienna, Austria. (Dorotheum/Newsflash)

Hundreds Of Snaps From NASA Moon Missions To Be Auctioned

More than 200 photos from NASA's pioneering 1960s space missions gathered by a single private collector are to go under the hammer in Austria later this month. The lots include…

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Read more about the article Priceless Artefacts Sent Back To The People Of Nigeria Are Locked Away In Palace Of Local Royal And His 5 Wives
Image shows the Oba of Benin Ewuare II, undated photo. He was transferred ownership of the Benin Bronzes by Nigeria. (Newsflash)

Priceless Artefacts Sent Back To The People Of Nigeria Are Locked Away In Palace Of Local Royal And His 5 Wives

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…

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Read more about the article Police Seize Gruesome Private Museum Of Ancient Human Remains
Picture shows some of the items seized by police during Osarium operation, undated. Police seized 350 archaeological pieces and almost 200 bone remains from two men charged with misappropriation of goods of historical, cultural or scientific value in Gata de Gorgos, Spain. (Newsflash)

Police Seize Gruesome Private Museum Of Ancient Human Remains

A private collection of nearly 200 ancient human bones and more than 350 archaeological treasures have been seized by police from homes in Spain. Civil Guard officers recovered an astonishing…

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Read more about the article Israeli Defence Minister’s Cleaner Jailed For Trying To Spy For Iranian Hackers
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz poses, undated. His cleaner named Omri Goren Gorochowski, aged 38, was jailed for three years for offering to spy on his employer for an Iran-linked hacking group in Israel, on Tuesday, 6th September, 2022. (Newsflash)

Israeli Defence Minister’s Cleaner Jailed For Trying To Spy For Iranian Hackers

A former cleaner who worked at the private residence of Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has been jailed for three years for attempting to spy for Iranian hackers. Omri Goren,…

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Read more about the article Pakistan Zoo To Auction A Dozen Lions
Photo shows an illustrative image of a lion in Lahore Zoo, undated photo. A zoo in Lahore, Pakistan, will reportedly auction 12 lions to private collectors to free up space for more felines. (Newsflash)

Pakistan Zoo To Auction A Dozen Lions

A zoo in Pakistan has enraged animal activists after announcing it aims to auction a dozen of lions to private collectors to make a profit. Lahore Safari Zoo currently owns…

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Read more about the article Turkish Treasure Hunters Busted While Digging For Loot In Cemetery
Prof Mevlut Gullu, (pictured) one of the four people who made unauthorized excavations to find treasure in an old cemetery in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, was taken into custody. (Newsflash)

Turkish Treasure Hunters Busted While Digging For Loot In Cemetery

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A Turkish professor has been caught raiding a local cemetery with three accomplices in search of treasure they believed was buried there. The incident took place at the cemetery in…

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Read more about the article Valuable Modern Art Painting Destroyed After Bored Security Guard Draws Eyes On Faceless Figures On 1st Day At Work
A vandal added eyes to non-objective figures in Anna Leporskaya's painting at an exhibition at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, Russia in December 2021. (Newsflash)

Valuable Modern Art Painting Destroyed After Bored Security Guard Draws Eyes On Faceless Figures On 1st Day At Work

A valuable modern art painting has been destroyed after a bored security guard on his first day of work drew eyes on the faceless figures depicted in it. The painting,…

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