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Photographer captures an abandoned house that belonged to a Civil War colonel

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Photographs taken by an ‘urban explorer’ show the eerie remains of an 1850s Virginia home once owned by a Confederate colonel — which hasn’t been inhabited for several decades.  Bryan Sansivero, a New York-based photographer, snapped the images of the abandoned Greek revival-style house in northern Virginia, showing an exterior being slowly reclaimed by nature and an … Read more

A daughter’s scrawl reveals a lavish Pompeii villa once belonged to esteemed general Lucius Mummius

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The lavish Pompeii home of an esteemed statesman and general has been identified by archaeologists, courtesy of graffiti scrawled on a wall by a young girl.   Archaeologists have been working to excavate the site and found the graffiti just 4.5ft (1.39m) above the ground on one of the villa’s interior walls.  It is thought she, … Read more

Alligator called Saturn who was rumoured to have belonged to Hitler dies at Moscow Zoo aged 84 

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Alligator called Saturn who survived World War Two in Berlin and was wrongly rumoured to have belonged to Adolf Hitler dies at Moscow Zoo aged 84 Saturn the alligator survived the battle of Berlin and was taken to Moscow Zoo  Saturn, 84, has died, surviving past the 75th anniversary of Hitler’s defeat Russian writer Boris … Read more

Boyhood scrapbook that belonged to one of Britain’s war heroes is bought by his former Oxford school

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The poignant childhood scrapbook of the only man to be awarded two Victoria Crosses in the First World War has been acquired for £7,000 by his former Oxford school after it disappeared for nearly 120 years. Captain Noel Chavasse, a medic in the British Army who was fatally injured in Belgium in 1917, compiled the … Read more

Chinese vase that once belonged to 18th century Chinese Emperor sells at auction for £3.4m

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Chinese vase that once belonged to 18th century Chinese Emperor sells at auction for £3.4m after being found in Paris apartment Vase once owned by Chinese Emperor Qianlong sells for more than £3million Auctioneer Olivier Clair found the object while executing a will in an apartment  The gourd was possibly looted during the sack of the … Read more

Skeletons buried near Bamburgh Castle belonged to people who had travelled across the British isles

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Britain was a fractious nation in the 7th Century AD, still looking for stability several centuries after the collapse of the Roman empire.  At this point, various kings ruled over different regions of land and many languages and religions dominated certain locales.  The exact date of the church is not known, but it is though … Read more