Read more about the article School Trip Hiker Finds 1,600-Year-Old Roman Lamp
Photo shows Yonatan Frankel, 16, from Hod Hasharon, Israel, and the lamp that he found, undated. He made the find in early March, while his school group was breaking for lunch near an old Roman fort along the Scorpions Ascent, a hiking trail in the desert Arava region south of the Dead Sea. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

School Trip Hiker Finds 1,600-Year-Old Roman Lamp

A 16-year-old high-school pupil has amazed experts after unearthing a 1,600-year-old Roman oil lamp during a class hike. Yonatan Frankel, from Tamar High School, in Hod Hasharon, Israel, was on…

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Read more about the article Worshiped 2,200-Year-Old Tree Nearly Destroyed By Sudden Fire In The Dead Of Winter
An ancient locust tree catches fire in Yangquan, Shanxi, China, undated. The fire parts are mainly concentrated in the roots and branches of trees. (70147750966/AsiaWire)

Worshiped 2,200-Year-Old Tree Nearly Destroyed By Sudden Fire In The Dead Of Winter

Locals from a small village in China were devasted after they discovered a 2,200-year-old sacred tree burning after somehow catching fire in the middle of winter. Witnesses immediately reported the…

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Read more about the article Builder Digs Up 2,000-Year-Old Chicken-Shaped Relic
Photo shows a bird-shaped vessel that was discovered behind a villager's house, in Suining, Sichuan, China, undated. It turned out to be a relic from the Eastern Han dynasty's cliff tombs. (wys1990212/AsiaWire)

Builder Digs Up 2,000-Year-Old Chicken-Shaped Relic

Construction worker unearths a 2,000-year-old chicken-shaped relic while building a house in south-west China. The distinctive funerary piece is believed to date back to the Eastern Han dynasty, which ruled…

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Read more about the article Mysterious 500 Year Old Shrunken Heads Had Lips Sewn Shut To Keep Evil Spirits Trapped Inside Them
One of the four shrunken heads that were thought to be from the Jivaro tribe of South American origin found in the operation carried out by the police in Izmir, Turkey. (Newsflash)

Mysterious 500 Year Old Shrunken Heads Had Lips Sewn Shut To Keep Evil Spirits Trapped Inside Them

Experts studying these mysterious 500-year-old shrunken heads from the Amazon that were seized from a smuggler during a raid in Turkey revealed they all had their lips sewn shut to…

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Read more about the article Stolen Relic Of Saint Recovered After Disappearing In Theft In Germany Four Years Ago
The arm reliquary stolen from the sacrament chapel in Kevelaer in October 2017, seized by the police in France. (Sankt Marien Kevelaer/Newsflash)

Stolen Relic Of Saint Recovered After Disappearing In Theft In Germany Four Years Ago

This stolen relic, believed to contain a bone belonging to a saint who died in 1597, that disappeared from a confessional chapel in Germany four years ago has been recovered…

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Read more about the article Nurse Murdered In Nazi Bunker Was A War Relic Enthusiast That Visited Sites With Lover Now Accused Of Her Murder
Bianca Simon, 26, and suspect identified as Kurt L. from the German city of Oranienburg.

Nurse Murdered In Nazi Bunker Was A War Relic Enthusiast That Visited Sites With Lover Now Accused Of Her Murder

A murdered nurse whose body was found in a Nazi communications bunker near a World War II concentration camp had a passion for bunkers and abandoned buildings which she often…

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Read more about the article Ancient Bamboo Relic In Tomb Contains Early Chess Rules
The texts enscripted on a bunch of bamboo sticks discovered in 2015 were confirmed to be the rules of a Chinese board game considered to be today`s chess ancestor

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The early rules to a game believed to be an ancient ancestor of Chinese chess have been found on bamboo slips unearthed from a 2,000-year-old tomb. The tomb of Marquis…

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