In August 1979, a stranger then nicknamed the Phantom of Belgrade drove the city police forces mad, which probably thanked...
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Europe, the old continent so rich in artistic, historical and architectural treasures, suffered incurable wounds especially during the World War...
Roter Franz is the mummy of a young man found in the Bourtanger swamp, on the border between Holland and...
The symbol of the fool or joker, or the court jester, inspired the figure of the Joker in the card...
Standing on the west bank of the Nile, opposite today's Luxor, two huge stone statues with a few disquieting appearance...
Execution by cannon was a method of execution in which the victim was tied to the mouth of a cannon...
As strange as it may seem, the instrument of capital execution that became the emblem of the French revolutionary excesses...
We all know that the living room is one of the central parts of every modern home, often used for...
This story is probably another chapter in the book of the countless Christmas legend, and another checkbox in our advent...
Some archaeologists have recently examined a burial site of the first half of the nineteenth century discovered in the parking...
The Peloponnesian War of 431-404 BC between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta was a pivotal period in world...
At the University of Copenhagen in Denmark there is a unique collection of Ancient Egyptian papyrus manuscripts. A large part...
Minister of Antiquities Dr. Khaled El-Enany announced some days ago a new discovery made by an Egyptian archaeological mission during...
The proud and combative Scottish, since ancient times, proved to be a people who, despite not having a single political,...
Myths and legends of every people of the earth are closely linked to the territory in which they are born....
Götz von Berlichingen was born in Germany around 1480, around the time that even those belonging to families of the...
Before high speed, which today we consider a service almost obvious, railway companies around the world were looking for different...
The State Hermitage Museum in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is one of the oldest and most prestigious museums...
This two big Roman viaducts are located near a small Polish village. These abandoned railroad bridges tower over the little...
Dover Castle in Kent is known as the "key to England" for its defensive importance in the last 2 millennia...
The low water levels in the river that begins in the Czech Republic then crosses Germany into the North Sea...
On the causes of the disappearance of the crew and the abandonment of the Canadian brigantine Mary Celeste in 1872...
Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of the same name in Northumberland, England. From the fifteenth century...
Vlad III was the prince of Wallachia between 1448 and 1477, and is known by numerous names and appellatives, of...
Drink often present on the richest medieval tables, beer has been a true symbol of conviviality since ancient times. But,...
The images of Berlin, devastated by the Second World War, can induce what was the recurring question in the years...
A popular folk tale from the Gold Rush era has it that a Chinese laundryman got rich not from searching...
The world is filled with a cornucopia of stories, misteries and legends, and when we read or listen these, we...
In the middle ages, creating a book wasn’t easy, and could take years: a scribe would bend over his copy...
Kostel svatého Jiří (St. George’s Church) in Luková, Czech Republic, has been neglected for more than 40 years. Believing it...