A set of leather balls have been discovered in ancient Chinese tombs that were used by horseback riding warriors about 3,000 years ago to stay fit and war ready. Researchers from the University of Zurich found the artifacts in three graves located at the prehistoric Yanghai cemetery near the city of Turfan. The balls are … Read more
Rescue teams are searching for a 12-year-old girl who was buried under a 100 foot mountain of stinking refuse when it collapsed on Saturday at one of India’s largest rubbish dumps. As the search operation today entered its fifth day, hopes are fading fast of finding her alive. Neha Vasava was on top of a … Read more
Workers race to dig out man buried alive under gravel after truck driver accidentally tips the load onto him The man was buried briefly under a truck-load of road chippings in Nairobi Several of the man’s colleagues fought for three minutes to rescue him They shoveled furiously to rescue the unfortunate worker from certain death … Read more
New dinosaur species named ‘eternal sleeper’ was buried alive some 125 MILLION years ago in China when an ancient volcano erupted and trapped the pair in an underground burrow Farmers discovered skeletal remains of two dinosaurs in China The remains belong to a new species t named Changmiania liaoningensis When translated from Chinese to English it … Read more
Magnificent stone remains of a 2,500-year-old royal palace from the time of the Kings of Judah are found carefully buried outside the walls of Jerusalem The remains included the ornate capitals that would have topped stone columns Experts are unclear why they were neatly buried when the rest was plundered When it stood, the palace would … Read more
Two teenage boys are tortured, raped and then buried alive in a cemetery in Sweden before passer-by discovers and rescues them The boys were set upon at around 11pm on Saturday evening in Solna, Sweden They were forcefully taken into a cemetery where they were allegedly assaulted The perpetrators then allegedly buried their victims alive … Read more
The lost sacristy of Westminster Abbey: 13th century room where monks kept sacred items is unearthed at site where ‘hundreds’ of its brothers were buried The Great Sacristy would have been on the Abbey’s North Green where monks kept sacred items used in mass Abbey authorities want to fully understand grounds’ medieval footprint before building … Read more
Body of retired headmaster is exhumed NINE days after being buried by the wrong family after mortuary mix-up Relatives gathered at St Mary’s Church near Carlisle to grieve the wrong man Another Cumbrian man believed to be in his late 80s had been buried instead North Cumbria Integrated Care Foundation said an investigation is underway … Read more
Staycationers have been blasted for littering the UK’s beauty spots with rangers at the Queen’s Balmoral estate shaming wild campers for abandoning tents as the Lake District is buried under mounds of ‘heartbreaking’ rubbish. The estate’s rangers posted a picture of an array of abandoned tents left on Saturday. It echoes a catalogue of other … Read more
Shares in the UK’s only listed funeral provider leapt by almost two thirds after regulators parked plans to impose price caps on the industry. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into funeral firms last year after a 2018 study found high prices were being charged. These, the regulator said, took advantage of … Read more