Russian scientists plan to revive ancient viruses found in millennia-old fossils to better understand their evolution. Experts at the NEFU Mammoth Museum will be studied for traces of prehistoric viruses that could survive in permafrost conditions. The fossils of over 20 species of ancient animals were found in the thawed…
Preservationists are in a race against time to save Iraq's 1,700-year-old Arch of Ctesiphon from collapse. The ancient arch is the world's largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork and forms part of the ruins of Ctesiphon, an ancient city located 35 kilometres (22 mi)les south-east of Baghdad. The site served…
The ancestors of a former Ottoman Pasha have officially been declared heirs of his ancient castle built in the 13th century after a four-year lawsuit to prove it belongs to them. Built by the Genoese during the Ottoman Empire, the centuries-old Guzelhisar Castle belonged to Ucuncuzade Omer Pasha who was…
Two people have been arrested in Turkey for trying to sell an ancient statue of a naked woman believed to be from the Roman era. Police and anti-smuggling teams launched an investigation after becoming aware the suspects were intending to sell the historical artefact. The suspects, later identified by their…
Mosque leaders have been accused of secretly moving a large phallic monument that had been on the site of an ancient necropolis for centuries because they disapproved of it. The huge stone phallus was located on the remains of an ancient burial ground in the village of Mangistau in Munaily…
