A book has been returned to an Idaho library 111 years after it was borrowed. The book, titled ‘New Chronicles of Rebecca’ by Kate Douglas Wiggin, was checked out of Boise Public Library in the city of Boise in the US state of Idaho back in 1910 The children’s book…
A 101-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor will return to Hawaii for the 80th anniversary of the attack after his daughter launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to send him there with carers. Ira Schab, better known as ‘Ike’, was stationed on the USS Dobbin when the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked…
A group of British Holocaust survivors visited the concentrations camps where they and members of the families were beaten, tortured and murdered by Nazi guards. Several members of the group of around 60 survivors had never visited the camps before and were accompanied by British soldiers as it was British…
The authorities in Mexico City have announced that a Christopher Columbus monument will be replaced by a sculpture of an indigenous person known as 'The Young Woman of Amajac'. Claudia Sheinbaum, head of the Mexico City government, announced that a statue of 'La Joven de Amajac' (The Young Woman of…
This ornate necklace made with 2,500 beads has been found in the 9,000-year-old tomb of a young girl. The necklace, which has just gone on display, was found in a tomb in the Neolithic village of Ba'ja which is located in the archaeological city of Petra in southern Jordan. The…
