2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (455+ words) Rome’s ancient Colosseum, where gladiators were once gored by wild animals to the delight of cheering crowds, has never exactly been associated with safety. Even in fiction, Henry James’ heroine “Daisy Miller” succumbed to malaria caught during a moonlight visit…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (442+ words) Builders renovating a house in Belgium have discovered a stash of gold reportedly worth some €9m (£7.6m) sealed into the walls of its cellar. The construction workers stumbled across the hidden trove of gold bars and coins while drilling to lay new…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (194+ words) I began to appreciate archaeology when I became Chairman of the Governing Board of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. Until then, like many Ghanaians, I had never fully considered its enormous economic and national value. For that reason, under…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (555+ words) A 2,500-year-old golden helmet considered one of Romania's greatest treasures has been recovered more than a year after it was stolen during a raid on a Dutch museum. It and two golden bracelets dating back to about 450BC were unveiled as…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1018+ words) A fragment of a jawbone found deep underground in a cave in Somerset has rewritten the story of when and how dogs became our best friends. DNA analysis shows the jaw belonged to one of the earliest known domesticated dogs…...

10+ mon, 2+ day ago   (148+ words) President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Cairo, Egypt, to attend the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), one of the world’s most anticipated cultural landmarks. Receive news updates on the go. Mahama arrives in Cairo for grand…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (422+ words) The royal hat of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, worn on the second day of the burial rites of Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, is not born out of the ordinary. The hat is made of original porcupine quills…...