Over 100 gold treasures have been stolen from a museum in a terrifying armed raid by 12 hooded gunmen. The incident took place at the Andean Museum, which is located in the town of Buin, some 35 kilometres (21.7 miles) from the Chilean capital, Santiago de Chile, at 5 PM…
Giant statues crafted more than 3,000 years ago could have been guardians of an ancient graveyard, say experts. The mysterious Bronze Age giants were found at a necropolis near Mont'e Prama in Cabras, a small town on the west of the island of Sardinia. Dated to between the 11th and…
A farmer in Turkey has found this ancient golden bracelet dating back 3,300 years to the Hittite civilisation while ploughing his field. The bracelet, which is said to be one of a kind, was found by a farmer ploughing his field in the village of Citli, in the Mecitozu District…
Police in Turkey have busted three people suspected of trying to sell this ancient, jewel-studded Hebrew manuscript on the black market for just GBP 16,000. The incident took place in the Peyas neighbourhood of the Kayapinar district in the city of Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey's Diyarbakir province. The footage was…
Archaeologists who discovered a U-shaped toilet that could easily be used by 13 people at once in an ancient theatre in Turkey have now found a 2,000-year-old passage that served as an entrance to the same theatre. The passage, known as a 'vomitorium', is 26 metres long, L-shaped and was…
