History Archives

The Trelleborg ring fortress was built by Viking King Harald Bluetooth more than 1,000 years ago

World

Tourists are latest conquest of Viking fortress in Denmark

A millennium-old Danish Viking fortress is wowing tourists by offering visitors a broader view of Scandinavia’s famed marauders. Along with Denmark’s four other known...

AFPJuly 7, 2024

The French government insisted that the pistols remain in France as national treasures

World

Napoleon’s pistols sold in France for 1.7 mn euros: auctioneers

Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros ($1.8 million),...

AFPJuly 7, 2024

Buddhist monks chanted blessings and threw flowers to welcome the artefacts back to Cambodia

World

Trafficked Cambodian artefacts returned from US

Buddhist monks in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh chanted blessings and threw flowers on Thursday to welcome 14 trafficked artefacts repatriated from the Metropolitan...

AFPJuly 4, 2024

Siemens CEO Roland Busch showed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other officials plans for the redevelopment of Siemensstadt Square in Berlin

Business

German giant Siemens to revive historic base in Berlin

German industrial giant Siemens on Tuesday launched an urban development project worth 4.5 billion euros ($4.8 billion) in the area of Berlin known as...

AFPJune 25, 2024

Stonehenge in southwest England -- carved and constructed at a time when there were no metal tools -- symbolises Britain's semi-mythical pre-historic period, and has spawned countless legends

World

UNESCO wants to add Stonehenge to list of endangered heritage sites

The UN’s cultural organisation said Monday it recommended adding Stonehenge, the renowned prehistoric site in England, to its world heritage in danger list, in...

AFPJune 24, 2024

French wine consumption has been on the decline for decades

Tech & Science

A 2000 year-old vintage: The world’s oldest wine discovered

The discovery comes from a Roman tomb in Carmona. Here the skeletal remains of a man was immersed in a liquid inside a glass...

Dr. Tim SandleJune 22, 2024

Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin (seated L) with members of the first International Olympic Committee which organised the 1896 Games in Athens

Sports

Is the founder of the modern Olympics being cancelled?

The aristocratic Frenchman who founded the modern Olympics is proving to be a troublesome figure for organisers of the Paris 2024 Games.

AFPJune 20, 2024

Ill-fated: the 17th-century Swedish warship Vasa in Stockholm

World

Sweden splashes out to save its unluckiest warship

Sweden is embarking on a colossal four-year project to safeguard a nearly 400-year-old warship that is the centrepiece of its famous Vasa Museum. The...

AFPJune 8, 2024