The Pushkin Museum in Moscow is hosting a rare exhibition titled "Return of the Warrior," featuring a unique 4th-century BCE fresco that was restored by Russian experts, marking its first public ...

Picture the perfect moment—intimate, natural, and utterly romantic. The love of your life kneels and asks the question, and ...

Kidney stones affect millions yearly and, if neglected, can increase cancer risk. Long-standing stones may irritate the urinary tract, leading to malignancy. Symptoms include abdominal pain and ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

It started out rather differently than we now sometimes imagine it. When Vladimir Putin took over the Russian presidency from Boris Yeltsin 25 years ago, on New Year’s Eve 1999, he was seen as a ...

A large Russian gunpowder factory in the Tambov region and the oil depot in the Voronezh region were attacked by Ukrainian drones. DW has more. https://p.dw.com/p ...

Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people to sacrifice unique 'sun stones' Date: January 16, 2025 Source: University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Humanities Summary: 4,900 years ago, a Neolithic ...

Now, climatological evidence indicates that some shale “sun stones” found in present-day Denmark likely were related to this cataclysmic volcanic eruption. The findings are detailed in a study ...

Around 4,900 years ago, Neolithic people on Bornholm, Denmark, sacrificed stones with sun motifs, coinciding with a volcanic eruption that obscured the sun in Northern Europe.

He adds: “One type of find that is completely unique to Bornholm is the so-called sun stones, which are flat shale pieces with engraved patterns and sun motifs. They symbolized fertility and ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria will receive gas from Russia as "humanitarian aid," but the rest of the country will remain cut off from Moscow's supply, the Kremlin-backed separatist ...