Shackled skeletons, PC: Athens Journal of History, 2021 In 2016, archaeologists digging at the Phaleron cemetery on the coast near Athens uncovered one of the most unsettling finds in Greek archaeology, a mass grave holding nearly 80 adult men, many still shackled at the wrists with iron restraints. The men, known as the Esplanada group,…
Quote of the day by Cristiano Ronaldo (Image via Getty) Cristiano Ronaldo‘s career has been shaped not only by extraordinary success but also by intense, near-constant public scrutiny. Few footballers have attracted as much admiration, criticism and genuine debate as Ronaldo, and yet he has repeatedly spoken about using that pressure as fuel rather than…
Golden Emerald Cross From 16th‑Century Shipwreck, PC: Teddy Tucker In 1955, a Bermudian diver named Teddy Tucker pulled a gold cross studded with seven emeralds from the wreck of a sixteenth-century Spanish galleon resting in the reefs off Bermuda. It would go on to be called one of the most valuable single objects ever recovered…
Representative Image of the Andrea Doria liner partially submerged amid fog and ocean currents (AI-generated image) Seventy years after the Andrea Doria sank in the North Atlantic, divers are still descending to the deteriorating Italian liner, exploring newly exposed sections and recovering artefacts before parts of the wreck disappear for good. Eighteen divers have died…
Solar panels are seen atop of the vineyard of winemaker PC: Alexandre Minguez A cognac grower in western France has voluntarily given up the right to call his wine cognac, all so he could build a solar canopy over his vineyard. David Moreau planted four hectares of ugni blanc grapes at Saint-André-de-Lidon, near Saintes, and…
PC: David Santiago Garcia/Aurora Photos/Getty Images At first glance, the Río Tinto in southwestern Spain looks almost unreal. For around 50 kilometres, the water flows in shades of deep red and orange that seem more fitting for an artist’s palette than a natural river. Yet its extraordinary appearance is not the result of artificial dyes…
Representative Image of centuries-old amphorae resting beside a shipwreck near Andros (AI-generated image) Greece’s Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities has confirmed the discovery of an ancient shipwreck resting off the coast of Andros, its cargo of pointed bottom commercial amphorae scattered across the seabed at depths ranging from 39 to 44 metres. A tip off from…
An Italian woman mistakenly discarded a winning lottery ticket worth one million euros. Sanitation workers meticulously searched over six tons of rubbish to find it. The ticket was recovered intact after a day-long, coordinated search operation. The woman had misunderstood a message displayed on a lottery terminal. This remarkable recovery ensured she could claim her…
Europe’s forests are losing biomass at a rate scientists describe as unprecedented. A new satellite-based study has found that forests across the continent have lost, on average, 46% more aboveground biomass per hectare each year since 2018 than they did during the previous three decades.The change is significant because forest biomass represents stored carbon. When…
Napoleon Bonaparte (Image: Wikipedia) Success often gets pictured as quick decisions and instant reaction, striking the moment an opportunity appears. Napoleon Bonaparte understood something quieter than that. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake,” the line widely credited to him goes. Rather than rushing to intervene the moment things start going wrong…
