German Museum shows off White Snow tombs 'real version'
A museum in the town of Bamberg, Germany, claims to find the tomb of Maria Sophia von Erthal, the woman who is believed to be the source of the White Snow fairy tale.
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A museum in the town of Bamberg, Germany, claims to find the tomb of Maria Sophia von Erthal, the woman who is believed to be the source of the White Snow fairy tale.
More than 4,000 years ago in Egypt, dozens of people died from terrible wounds that were embalmed and 'locked up' in the cliff near Luxor province.
Ancient goddesses carved out of clay and a sophisticated beetle are mysterious artifacts found in the 3,500-year-old ancient city in Israel.
The porcelain bowl that was forgotten on the shelf turned out to be a 300-year-old antiquity, brought to the British owner $ 267,000.
John Barber was said to be a 'vampire' by his contemporaries, however, in fact, he was just a normal farmer and died of tuberculosis.
The British historian Bethany Hughes talks about 'a significant big gap' inside the Great Pyramid of Giza on Channel 5 and calls it 'the discovery of a lifetime', when a…
Finding the origin of the Negev submerged lake helps better understand the process of climate change from hundreds of thousands of years ago.
A new dinosaur has been discovered, after being mistakenly identified and kept in a museum collection for several decades.
The new hypothesis suggests that before Tutankhamun - King Tut, Egypt's most famous pharaoh was enthroned, the country was ruled by two women.
Archaeologists have found the remains of a couple in a special state dating back to 4,000 years. The couple is said to be from noble families.
The earth version of the Millennium Falcon spacecraft in Star Wars was found in a quarry in Canada, an ancient predatory sea monster.
Archaeologists found 86 well-preserved remains and many of Llangefni University's campus artifacts.
A much larger femur bone than an adult man and weighs half a ton could belong to a super-sized monster but ... very gentle.
Both the strange and solemn coffin of Celtic women 2,200 years ago attracted the attention of archaeologists.
The jade disc more than 25cm in diameter with a life of more than 4,300 years is the largest antiquity ever discovered in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China.