Spectacular Anglo-Saxon cross that ‘belonged to a king’ is finally restored to its former glory

Spectacular Anglo-Saxon cross that ‘belonged to a king’ is finally restored to its former glory after lying buried in a Scottish field for 1,000 years The metalwork was revealed by experts who removed dirt with a porcupine quill  Was first found in 2014 in a field in west of Scotland as part of Galloway Hoard … Read more

Spectacular Anglo-Saxon cross that ‘belonged to a king’ is finally restored to its former glory

Spectacular Anglo-Saxon cross that ‘belonged to a king’ is finally restored to its former glory after lying buried in a Scottish field for 1,000 years The metalwork was revealed by experts who removed dirt with a porcupine quill  Was first found in 2014 in a field in west of Scotland as part of Galloway Hoard … Read more

Dead shark found on Libyan beach with an 11 inch ‘blade’ in its back that belonged to a swordfish

Dead shark washes up on Libyan shore with an 11 inch ‘blade’ stuck in its back that belonged to a six-foot-long swordfish A dead shark was found on a Libyan beach that was killed by a swordfish  An 11-inch rostrum, the swordfish’s nose, was pulled from the sharks back  Experts say the attacked happened about three … Read more

Fossils unearthed in Antarctica belonged to the ‘bony-toothed’ bird 50 MILLION years ago

Newly analyzed fossils from Antarctica may represent an extinct species of giant bird with a wingspan of more than 20 feet. By comparison the largest modern-day bird, the wandering albatross, has a wingspan of just 11 feet and six inches. Called pelagornithids, the ancient avians soared over Earth’s oceans more than 40 million years ago. … Read more

Mass Siberian grave belonged to ancient population of head cultists, says expert 

Macabre 5,000-year-old mass grave containing the remains of five decapitated Siberians belonged to an ancient population of ‘head cultists’, expert claims Cultists severed their victims’ heads after death and then kept them for worship The burial at site in Novosibirsk region contained three adults and two teenagers Also found was a miniature clay figurine on the … Read more

Ancient tooth that belonged to an American mastodon is discovered in Missouri by teen explorer 

Ira Johnson is an 18-year-old explorer living in Missouri who made an astonishing find while walking along the Grand River – he discovered a fossilized mastodon tooth.  Johnson noticed a ‘big rock’ near the water that seemed to be out of the ordinary and when he took it home, he realized it was an ancient … Read more

Items that belonged to Princess Margaret and her husband Lord Snowdon go up for auction

It’s 14 years since David Linley infamously auctioned off precious valuables belonging to his mother, the late Princess Margaret, to settle a £3 million inheritance tax bill. And now the family’s treasured possessions and mementos are up for grabs again. Antiques, photographs and collectibles from Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace, which was home to the … Read more

Items that belonged to Princess Margaret and her husband Lord Snowdon go up for auction

It’s 14 years since David Linley infamously auctioned off precious valuables belonging to his mother, the late Princess Margaret, to settle a £3 million inheritance tax bill. And now the family’s treasured possessions and mementos are up for grabs again. Antiques, photographs and collectibles from Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace, which was home to the … Read more

Photographer captures an abandoned house that belonged to a Civil War colonel

Photographs taken by an ‘urban explorer’ show the eerie remains of an 1850s Virginia home once owned by a Confederate colonel — which hasn’t been inhabited for several decades.  Bryan Sansivero, a New York-based photographer, snapped the images of the abandoned Greek revival-style house in northern Virginia, showing an exterior being slowly reclaimed by nature and an … Read more

A daughter’s scrawl reveals a lavish Pompeii villa once belonged to esteemed general Lucius Mummius

The lavish Pompeii home of an esteemed statesman and general has been identified by archaeologists, courtesy of graffiti scrawled on a wall by a young girl.   Archaeologists have been working to excavate the site and found the graffiti just 4.5ft (1.39m) above the ground on one of the villa’s interior walls.  It is thought she, … Read more