‘You can’t get more en-suite than your pillow on the toilet seat’: House hunters slam tiny one room ‘tomb’ that is little bigger than double bed as it goes up for rent for £200-a-month Private rental in Oldham, Manchester, has been widely criticised on social media Landlord described it as a ‘private one room garden home’ … Read more
With nowhere to live, families in Venezuela have been forced to live in a cemetery, where their children beg for money and looters dig up graves around them. In the south of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, more and more families are calling the Southern General cemetery home. Among them are Jendry, 11, and his sister Wineisis, … Read more
A new imaging technique has allowed scientists to uncover a once-hidden figure in a 2,500-year-old tomb painting in Italy that was built by the ancient Etruscan, which flourished in Central Italy between the 8th and 3rd century. The funeral painting is located in the Tomb of the Monkey in Tuscany, first uncovered in 1847, but the … Read more
Ancient tools that once belonged to prehistoric civilizations have been found all over the world, but a discovery in Spain is unlike those traditionally made of stone or flint. A team excavating the megalithic tomb of Montelirio tholos in 2007 through 2010 uncovered a dagger formed from rock crystal that experts say is the ‘most … Read more
‘Pagan’ vandals are being hunted by police after leaving red handprints on 5,000-year-old neolithic tomb cave as a ‘sacrificial offering’ Police hunting ‘Pagans’ who vandalised Stoney Littleton Long Barrow near Bath The bizarre graffiti was made from red food dye and smeared on historical rocks Neolithic chambered tomb dates from 3500 BC, one of England’s … Read more
A family of undertakers have branched out and built a modern take on a prehistoric tomb to meet the demand for an alternative to burial. The Round Barrow in Corscombe, Dorset, is only the fifth tomb of its kind in the country and has recently opened. The project, which has 990 niches to hold urns … Read more
The complex grave of a Germanic lord or prince who lived 1,500 years ago during the Great Migration has been unearthed in Saxony-Anhalt, near Brücken-Hackpfüffel. Experts say the site is the country’s most important archaeological find for 40 years and have kept the exact location of the dig a secret to stave off thieves. Excavations got … Read more
In the upcoming documentary Robin’s Wish, director Shawn Levy opened up about how Robin Williams’ struggles became increasingly apparent on set of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. ‘We saw that Robin was struggling in a way that he hadn’t before to remember lines and to combine the right words with the performance,’ recalled … Read more
‘Til death do us part: Archaeologists unearth a rare 1,000-year-old tomb in China of a coupe buried together and joined with a ‘fairy bridge’ to continue their romance in the afterlife Skeletons were found lying peacefully on the tiled floor within the brick-walled graves in central China Several pieces of pottery were discovered with the … Read more
Iron age ‘Princess’ discovered in France: Archaeologists unearth 2,200-year-old tomb of a woman dripping with blue glass beads and wearing a copper belt buckle Body was unearthed outside Saint-Vulbas, about 20 miles from the Lyon, France Woman, believed to be a Princess, was buried with bracelets and belt buckle Separate burial was also made at … Read more