SA Principal Maritime Heritage Officer Mark Polzer probes the seabed with a metal detector. Photo: RUUD STELTEN The site of a Dutch merchant sailing ship lost for almost 170 years in South Australian waters may have been found. The Koning Willem de Tweede was an 800-tonne Dutch merchant sailing ship that was lost in Guichen…
Federal Arts Minister Tony Burke after handing the 1813 dollar over to Marta Cienkowska, Poland’s Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage, in Canberra. Photo: Polish Embassy/Twitter (X) A stolen 1813 Holey Dollar worth $525,000 has been returned to the Polish government with the help of the Australian Federal Police (AFP). The coin was stolen…
“The press went wild, but no one was asking obvious questions, like why no Egyptian workers had died from the curse,” said paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi. Tutankhamun’s “curse” seems to have been unwrapped, with its origins traced back to an angry writer, according to a new documentary. The documentary “Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb” claims the…