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There are archaeologists who dedicate their lives to trying to uncover little pieces of history. Sometimes, though, the greatest archaeological

Flipping through the pages of history in search of such tales

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From chairs and cars to mummies and creepy paintings, these supposedly cursed things are said to bring death, doom, or just plain old bad luck upon anyone within reach.

Our readers on the council forcing solar panels to be removed from a heritage house Melbourne; our COVID-19 complacency and the plight of the unemployed.

Scientists uncover mystery behind Ötzi the Iceman’s death German tourists Helmut and Erika Simon stumbled upon a 5,300-year-old body on a hiking holiday in the early Nineties. They assumed, given the altitude and location of where they found the man, that it was a recently deceased mountaineer or skier. Little did they know that they […]

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High in a remote area of the Ötztal Alps in northern Italy some 5,300 years ago, Ötzi the Iceman was shot in the back with an arrow. Struck in a main artery, he likely bled to death within minutes ...

Commonsense fairness and humanity is needed We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss March 16, 2021 — 12.01am Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. GENDER EQUALITY Commonsense fairness and humanity is needed I’m a bloke and was on school-pickup duty yesterday – I wish I could have marched, such a great thing to see happening. My mum taught me and my brother as boys in the 1...

Type keyword(s) to search Getting Ink: The Entire History of Tattooing Tattoos have long been entwined with human culture, but across the millennia, the tools of the trade have seen some serious innovation. Feb 7, 2021 While on vacation in September 1991, Erika and Helmut Simon decided to hike the Val Senales glacier in the Alpine mountains, tucked just along the border of Italy and Austria. During their trek, at a gully about 3,200 meters above sea level, they spotted something unse...