A postcard written by a crew member of the RMS Titanic just weeks before it sank is up for auction and could fetch $15,000.Jack Phillips, the vessel's senior wireless operator, wrote the postcard in March 1912 to his sister, Elsie,…
Poet Amanda Gorman has another accolade to her name: She's the first poet to be featured on a cover for Vogue.The 23-year-old Harvard graduate and youth poet laureate was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the May issue.For the cover, she…
A slab of stone, engraved with intricate lines and motifs dating to the Bronze Age, has been revealed to be Europe's oldest map, researchers say.Using high-resolution 3D surveys and photogrammetry, researchers re-examined the Saint-Bélec Slab -- an engraved and partly…
For the determined buyer with a strong vision and good home improvement skills, the fire sale of crumbling Italian houses for a little over a dollar each has been a gift. The rest of us, unable even to install a…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing two paintings, one by Vincent van Gogh and another by Frans Hals, from museums in the Netherlands, police said.Van Gogh's "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring" was taken from The…
An Ethiopian Airlines plane mistakenly landed at an unopened airport still under construction in Zambia, the carrier confirmed Monday.The flight -- a cargo service traveling from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and destined for Ndola, Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Airport -- instead landed…
An undercover report showing members of the Paris elite enjoying secret dinner parties in luxury restaurants and flouting Covid-19 restrictions has sparked fury in France, and prompted the city's prosecutor to launch an investigation.The probe comes after a TV report…
In January, local authorities arrested a 36-year-old man named Aditya Singh after he had spent three months living at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Since October, he had been staying in the secure side of the airport, relying on the kindness…
It's a landscape that looks almost alien. Soft tufa rock -- spewed from volcanoes millennia ago to create a series of ethereal "fairy chimneys" that have been shaped and sculpted by nature. This is Cappadocia.Rising above the Anatolian Plains of…
With summer around the corner and more people getting Covid-19 vaccines, you may be wondering whether going to the beach is a safe bet.Even for people who have been fully vaccinated, "nothing is going to be 100% safe, just like…
Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country's famous cherry blossoms, also known as "sakura" -- white and pink flowers, bursting across cities and mountains, petals covering the ground.The flowers, which…
Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs emerged from their resting places Saturday and were paraded through the streets of Cairo to a new home.What sounds like the plot of a movie was part of a lavish celebration of Egypt's history…
Eric Barry has been riding a seemingly never-ending wave of uncertainty in his life over the past year.The 35-year-old writer and podcast host, who is originally from California's Bay Area, was researching a novel in Ecuador when the global pandemic…
An English luxury auction house has withdrawn a commemorative watch given to a Chinese soldier following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre after its vendor received threats on social media.The owner of the watch was concerned for their safety, Fellows Auctioneers…
In an attempt to halt a New York art collective from using their signature "swoosh," Nike has obtained a temporary restraining order against the makers of "Satan Shoes," a pair of modified Nikes decorated with symbols of the occult and…
Honey-glazed ham, garlic mashed potatoes and fluffy dinner rolls might be staples at American Easter meals, but around the world, there are many distinct ways to savor the holiday -- ones that incorporate both local ingredients and unique cultural traditions."Italians…
Considered by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates, octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive.But an Australian geologist saw another side to the marine creatures, when one octopus defended its home in Western Australia rather aggressively.On March 18,…
Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home.What sounds like the plot of a movie is in fact part of a…
For those on a Mediterranean cruise, it's one of the most memorable sights: the city of Venice unpeeling beneath the boat, the centuries-old buildings and bell towers dwarfed by the ship, giving onlookers a spectacular bird's eye view.But for many…
Diana, Princess of Wales will be honored with a blue plaque outside the west London flat where she lived before marrying Prince Charles, it has been announced.English Heritage, which manages more than 400 historic houses and monuments, said it would…
