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Photo shows the carved hand on the moat wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel, undated. Archaeologists discovered the remains of a moat and a mysterious hand imprint outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

How Christian Crusaders Were Given The Finger By Jerusalem’s Defenders

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:January 31, 2023

At first glance, it seems like the touch of ancvient history reaching out to the future from the 1,000-year-old walls built in Jerusalem to defy the Crusaders. A handprint left…

Image shows the bunker advertisement on Ebay, undated photo. The bunker located in the town of Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was offered at a price of EUR 1.6 million (GBP 1.4 million) on Sep. 15, 2022. (Ebay/Newsflash)

German Cold War Nuclear Fallout Bunker For Sale On eBay For EUR 1.6 Million

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:November 15, 2022

This German nuclear fallout bunker with concrete walls that are three metres thick and dating back to the Cold War has gone on sale on eBay for EUR 1.6 million.…

The 1960's capsule discovered in a home in Birmingham, in the U.K., pictured in an undated photo. Scott Bevan and sister Deborah Phillips were left stunned after discovering a heartwarming time capsule from 1969 stashed away behind a fireplace while they renovated their new home. (Matthew Newby, SWNS/Newsflash)

Couple Finds Poignant Time Capsule During Home Remodeling

Post author:Simona Kitanovska
Post published:August 26, 2022

A family were left stunned after discovering a heartwarming time capsule from 1969 stashed away behind a fireplace during renovations on their new house. Scott Bevan, 42, found the sentimental…

Stone cover seizing 90 per 60 cm with the representation of a tied up prisoner in an undated photo. Researchers found a crypt where the bodies of the governors were cremated. (Mauricio Marat-INAH/Newsflash)

Ancient Crypt Reveals How Mayan Elite Became Rubber Balls For Games

Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
Post published:August 8, 2022

Archaeologists have revealed how the elite from ancient Mayan civilisations became rubber balls to be used in their games. Studies of grease markings in the walls of a centuries old…

Read more about the article People In Worlds Oldest City Walled Up The Painted Skeletons Of Their Dead Before Digging Them Up And Passing Them Around

Skeleton of a male individual aged between 35 and 50 years old with cinnabar painting on the cranium at the Catalhoyuk Neolithic settlement in Turkey. (Marco Milella/Newsflash)

People In Worlds Oldest City Walled Up The Painted Skeletons Of Their Dead Before Digging Them Up And Passing Them Around

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

The inhabitants of the "world's oldest city" - now a UNESCO World Heritage Site - painted the skeletal remains of their dead and buried them in the walls of people's…

The Expiatoire chapel (the 'Expiatory Chapel') in Paris

Bones Of 500 Guillotined In Revolution Found In Paris

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:July 6, 2020

The administrator of a chapel in Paris claims to have found the remains of 500 people who were guillotined during the French Revolution hidden in its walls. Using a special…

The riot in the Colombia prison La Modelo

Moment Prison Lags Run Riot Over No COVID Protection

Post author:Jonathan Macias
Post published:March 26, 2020

This is the moment inmates run riot in a prison and try to scale the walls over the lack of preventive COVID-19 measures that resulted in the death of 23…

Moment of the rescue of the newborn trapped in the wall

Baby Thrown Off Terrace Wedged Between 2 Walls Alive

Post author:Ana Lacasa
Post published:March 9, 2020

This is the moment Mexican rescuer workers save a newborn baby girl who cops believe was thrown from a rooftop terrace by her mum and she survived after her tiny…

This is the moment a female cop and court worker spray the walls of a lift while drunk and the second video shows them being forced to clean the elevator afterwards

Drunk WPC And Pal Forced To Clean Spray Painted Lift

Post author:Gheorghi Caraseni
Post published:March 6, 2020

This is the moment a female cop and a court worker spray the walls of a lift while drunk and then in a second video return shamefaced to clean it.…

Jafar Ghafouri licking a Shia Muslim shrine

2 Arrested For Licking Iran Shrines In Face Of COVID-19

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:March 6, 2020

The Iranian authorities have reportedly arrested two men for licking the walls and bars of holy shrines in the country to show they are not afraid of COVID-19. Numerous videos…