Rare 5,000-year-old crystal dagger found in Prehistoric Iberian

A rare and sophisticated dagger was found in Spain that was made from crystal  The 5,00-year-old weapon was found in a massive tomb located…

How the first human X-ray (of a hand in 1895) changed medicine forever.

Wilhelm Roentgen, 50, professor of physics at Wurzburg University, Bavaria, had his eureka moment in 1895 He was studying gases in his lab…

Death, intrigue, loan sharking and sex: The mysterious case of the Cock Lane ghost from 18th century London

By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 18:10 GMT, 5 January 2012 It is a story which has all the hallmarks of a modern thriller…