A previously unseen preparatory drawing of a young General Napoleon Bonaparte by Antoine-Jean Gros has been rediscovered after more than two centuries and has been put up for auction. 'General…
An Italian collector of historic war artefacts has been killed after a First World War explosive device detonated in his garage workshop. Attilio Frare, 56, died shortly after 1pm on…
Ceramic fragments from Biblical times unearthed near a controversial site in eastern Turkey thought to be the resting place of Noah’s Ark have sparked fresh excitement that the evidence of…
A unique tattoo has been discovered on a 17th century group portrait in a Dutch museum and has been described as the earliest depiction of body art in Western European…
A Polish museum has invited Hollywood actor Robert de Niro to view a portrait of a 17th-century nobleman that many have said looks exactly like him. The National Museum in…
A rare Nazi Enigma encryption machine from World War II has been sold for nearly half a million euros after attracting double its expected price. The sale took place in…
This is the moment Russian customs police unearth a stash of mammoth ivory hidden under the skirt of a woman trafficker. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/Newest%20public/Newsflash-SmuggleMammothTusks-01.mp4 Mammoth ivory has seen growing popularity in jewellery…
This is the dramatic moment a railway viaduct dating back more than 100 years is blown up ahead of work to build a new one to accommodate moving mountains. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/Newest%20public/Newsflash-ViaductBlownUp-01.mp4…
A 16-year-old high-school pupil has amazed experts after unearthing a 1,600-year-old Roman oil lamp during a class hike. Photo shows Yonatan Frankel, 16, from Hod Hasharon, Israel, and the lamp…
A 101-year-old American fighter pilot has met a 98-year-old German airman 79 years after they were both shot at on the same day during World War II. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/New%20public/CEN-USGermanWar-01.mp4 Ed Cottrell,…