A gang of crooks who stole a priceless treasure trove of 483 gold coins dating back to 100 BC has been jailed after the court heard the loot remained lost and had probably been melted down to be sold. The…
The body of a young World War I officer has re-emerged from the ice of a glacier on the Italian Dolomites more than a century after he fell in battle, his uniform and equipment still intact. The discovery was made…
An American-Jewish businessman has handed over pieces of Ludwig van Beethoven’s skull to a university in Austria after he inherited them from his family. US businessman Paul Kaufmann donated the 10 fascinating skull fragments to the Medical University of Vienna,…
Scientists have cracked the secrets of Stone Age farmers after studying ancient animal poo still perfectly preserved after 5,500 years. The Neolithic dung was harvested from an ancient settlement built on stilts beside Lake Mondsee, in Austria. And it has…
Rare brain operations carried out 3,500 years ago on two elite – and perhaps even royal – brothers by Bronze Age surgeons have been revealed by archaeologists. The skulls of two brothers – who may have been princes – have…
A fabulous jewellery collection once owned by multi-billionaire Heidi Horten is to go under the hammer at Christie’s for an expected USD 150 million. Art connoisseur Horten inherited the bulk of her USD 3 billion (GBP 2.4 billion) fortune from…