‘I was the overweight girl who would always be at the end of the line’: Kate Winslet claims she didn’t feel like she belonged in Hollywood even after the success of Titanic By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 09:50 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 16:45 GMT, 10 February 2021 Kate Winslet has claimed she … Read more
Spectacular Anglo-Saxon cross that ‘belonged to a king’ is finally restored to its former glory after lying buried in a Scottish field for 1,000 years The metalwork was revealed by experts who removed dirt with a porcupine quill Was first found in 2014 in a field in west of Scotland as part of Galloway Hoard … Read more
A box of forgotten mementoes unearthed in an attic in Surrey has shone a light on the final days of the monarchy of Madagascar more than 130 years ago, and the remarkable life of its young Queen. Family photos of Queen Ranavalona III, who died in 1917, after being exiled to Réunion Island in 1886 … Read more
Dead shark washes up on Libyan shore with an 11 inch ‘blade’ stuck in its back that belonged to a six-foot-long swordfish A dead shark was found on a Libyan beach that was killed by a swordfish An 11-inch rostrum, the swordfish’s nose, was pulled from the sharks back Experts say the attacked happened about three … Read more
Newly analyzed fossils from Antarctica may represent an extinct species of giant bird with a wingspan of more than 20 feet. By comparison the largest modern-day bird, the wandering albatross, has a wingspan of just 11 feet and six inches. Called pelagornithids, the ancient avians soared over Earth’s oceans more than 40 million years ago. … Read more
Macabre 5,000-year-old mass grave containing the remains of five decapitated Siberians belonged to an ancient population of ‘head cultists’, expert claims Cultists severed their victims’ heads after death and then kept them for worship The burial at site in Novosibirsk region contained three adults and two teenagers Also found was a miniature clay figurine on the … Read more
Ira Johnson is an 18-year-old explorer living in Missouri who made an astonishing find while walking along the Grand River – he discovered a fossilized mastodon tooth. Johnson noticed a ‘big rock’ near the water that seemed to be out of the ordinary and when he took it home, he realized it was an ancient … Read more
A milk tooth belonging to one of Italy’s last Neanderthal children has been found near Venice. The canine tooth belonged to a pre-teen, likely 11 or 12 years old, and dates back 45,000 years. Neanderthals went extinct around 40,000 years ago after being out-competed for food and shelter by the more intelligent Homo sapiens. An … Read more
It’s 14 years since David Linley infamously auctioned off precious valuables belonging to his mother, the late Princess Margaret, to settle a £3 million inheritance tax bill. And now the family’s treasured possessions and mementos are up for grabs again. Antiques, photographs and collectibles from Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace, which was home to the … Read more
Crystal handbag that once belonged to Princess Diana sells for £10,000 at auction Lady Diana donated the bag to charity auction to help homeless in February 1997 Inside was a note she wrote to a woman called Angela who organised the event It was one of a number of her possessions that sold at an … Read more