Imagine finishing a meal at an Italian restaurant and leaving with the plate on which your food was served. It sounds unusual, but for more than six decades, a group of Italian restaurants has turned this simple piece of tableware into a lasting souvenir. Known as the Piatti del Buon Ricordo, or “Plates of Good…
Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 22, steps into a historic new chapter as King Haakon takes his oath as Norway’s monarch. As Norway begins a new royal chapter, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra is stepping into the spotlight. At 22, she is the first new heir apparent in the country’s modern royal history to already be an…
Pic courtesy: Lokale Politie Dendermonde Construction workers in Belgium unearthed gold worth an estimated $10.4 million while excavating trenches for a sewage system at a former brewery site earlier this month.Workers contacted the authorities immediately after unearthing the treasure, the police in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, a Flemish community outside Brussels, said. The police confirmed that the workers…
Three ancient Greek rings that were likely made using meteoritic iron and other precious metals, PC: Journal Archaeological Science Long before iron smelting became widespread in Greece, some Bronze Age elites were already wearing jewellery made from iron that may have come from meteorites. A five-year study by Matthieu Gounelle of France’s National Museum of…
Representative Image of serene Norwegian mountain cabins surrounded by vast wilderness (AI-generated image) Deep in the Norwegian mountains, a hiker can reach a locked wooden cabin with no road leading to it, no receptionist and often no phone signal at all. A single small metal key still opens the door. That same standard key works…
The image is for representation purposes only. For centuries the waters of the Danube, Europe’s second-longest river, have concealed the remains of a remarkable Roman engineering feat. The river is currently at extremely low levels, and parts of a 1,600-year-old bridge are emerging from the water, giving archaeologists a rare glimpse of a structure that…
The European Central Bank (ECB) says the growing amount of cash being held, despite its declining use in daily transactions. (Representational photo) Despite the widespread use of contactless payments and smartphones across Europe, people are keeping more physical cash. The value of euro banknotes in circulation has increased sharply in recent years, as fears over…
European wild boars are large, powerful wild pigs native to Europe and parts of Asia and North Africa, known for their strong snouts, dark coats and sharp tusks. A shipment of European wild boars brought to a North Carolina hunting estate more than a century ago continues to cause serious ecological problems inside Great Smoky…
The Swiss village of Kandersteg could be destroyed by a landslide due to an unstable mountain rock formation, and scientists are linking the threat to thawing permafrost and glacier dynamics. The 1,300 residents of the village in Switzerland’s Bern canton live in the midst of a charming landscape including sharp peaks, white glaciers, steep green…
Several European nations have female leaders next in line for the throne, but one of them has recently initiated the norm. Liechtenstein has become the latest country to amend its royal rules and allow women to take the throne. During its national day celebrations on Saturday, August 15, the country announced the change.“The order of…