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United Kingdom

World's oldest tattoos found on 5,000-year-old mummies

World's oldest tattoos found on 5,000-year-old mummies

01/03/2018

Spain

Neanderthals produced cave art, research shows

Study points to use of art and jewellery before arrival of modern man in Europe.

23/02/2018

USA

China furious after American 'steals terracotta warrior's thumb'

The man allegedly snapped a selfie with the €3.6 million statue on loan in the US before stealing its thumb, which he stored in a desk drawer.

19/02/2018

Poland

Defiant Poland rolls out #GermanDeathCamps campaign despite criticism

Videos posted to the social media pages of the Polish Prime Minister's Office include testimonies that concentration camps were "German from start to finish."

14/02/2018

United Kingdom

Cheddar Man shows white skin could be a recent phenomenon

Tests conducted on the skeleton of an ancient human ancestor who lived in England show he had "dark to black" skin, researchers said.

07/02/2018

United Kingdom

Up Helly Aa Viking festival kicks off in Shetland

The festival of fire is held on the last Tuesday in January and remembers the Vikings who used to rule the Shetland islands.

31/01/2018

France

Bayeux Tapestry set for loan to UK after 950 years in France

France is to loan to Britain the embroidery illustrating the Norman conquest of England, President Macron is expected to announce during a UK visit on Thursday.

17/01/2018

France

Da Vinci Code village ‘fed up with treasure hunters’

According to legend, the former parish priest left a hidden fortune in the commune.

15/01/2018

Living

Prague Orloj goes back in time

The medieval astronomical clock has stopped for six months.

11/01/2018

Cambodia

Cambodia marks 39 years since fall of Khmer Rouge rule

Between 1975 and 1979, Pol Pot's rule of terror killed an estimated 1.7 million people - nearly a quarter of the population - through execution, torture, starvation and disease in labour camps.

07/01/2018

USA

John Young, US astronaut and space shuttle commander, dies

He was the only astronaut to fly with three different NASA programs, in a career spanning 42 years.

07/01/2018

Living

Fashion and Versailles

From Rose Bertin to Sofia Coppola, this is Versailles’ dresses and dreams.

29/12/2017

Japan

Ex-US Army deserter to North Korea dies

He called his desertion a mistake that led him to spend most of his life captive in the isolated Communist state.

12/12/2017

United Kingdom

25 years ago: the world’s first text message

It was both simple and easy to read: “Merry Christmas” - not “Xmas”.

03/12/2017

Greece

Ancient texts revealed

A scientific project is underway to uncover ancient texts hidden beneath more recent writings. The manuscripts, known as palimpsests, form part of the collection of St Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai peninsula in Egypt.

28/11/2017

USA

Trump denies using "Pocahontas" as racial slur against democratic sena

President Donald Trump said there was a "Pocahontas" in the U.S. Congress during a ceremony to honour Native American World War Two veterans in an apparent derogatory reference to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren.

28/11/2017

Green News

24 Hours in Beirut

Strolling the Lebanese capital food scene and discovering its eye-catching design architecture.

27/11/2017

Bosnia and Herzegovina

As communist relics collapse, the band continues to play

Musicans battle to conserve a century of tradition as the world that fostered it disappears around them.

17/11/2017

Egypt

Virtual Reality tours go to the next level

Team which discovered hidden chamber in Egyptian pyramd developes new virtual reality tour

08/11/2017

Russia

Russian 1917 revolution - internet style!

Historians bring the 1917 Russian revolution into the modern day using internet technoligy

07/11/2017