Why the ancient Egyptians built most of their pyramids on what is now a narrow, inhospitable strip of desert has long puzzled archaelogoists. However it seems scientists may finally have an answer, after they uncovered evidence that suggests pharaoh’s tombs were originally
Experts have reconstructed the gigantic Colossus of Constantine – a 42ft behemoth statue that would have towered over the Romans who built it more than 1,700 years ago. The structure, which was left in several chunks for hundreds of years, was put
Police probing the theft of £700 worth of booze are looking for an ex-Premier League footballer lookalike. Detectives probing the theft released a CCTV image of a bearded, grey-haired man they would like to speak to. South Yorkshire Police said the man
The body of a missing woman has been found dismembered in Tenerife as her husband remains missing. Married couple Laura T and Marc O, from Belgium, were last seen on April 22 when they were meant to go to a yoga class
Polish prosecutors have discontinued an investigation into human skeletons found at a site in present-day Poland where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during World War II due to a lack of evidence. Officials said they called an
An Ancient Egypt mystery has been solved after secret rooms were discovered in a pyramid 200 years after the first exploration of it. A pyramid complex in Egypt was built in the 25th century BCE for pharaoh Sahure, who was the second
The Ukrainian Navy has revealed that Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is completely “missing” from its waters following an attacked on annexed Crimea. On Wednesday, the navy detected no signs of Russian warships in the Black Sea or the Azov Sea, which comes
A group of amateur archaeologists have discovered one of only 33 dodecahedrons found in the UK. The object, due to go on display in Lincolnshire, was found by the Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group. It is believed to be one of
The blades broke off the iconic Moulin Rouge windmill in Paris, one of the French capital’s most famous landmarks, and came crashing to the ground. The collapse occurred a matter of months before the city is set to host the Olympic Games.
Russia’s air forces dropped 21 bombs on its own territory over the past couple of months in another huge humiliation during the Ukraine war, according to a report from independent media. The report claims that Russia dropped an X-59 missile in Belogorod,