SAS Assegaai, formerly known as SAS Johanna van der Merwe, is the last remaining of the three French-built submarines that were operated by the South African Navy from the 1970s into the 1990s.
The ship’s cargo included 2,000 pure gold coins and tens of thousands of pounds of copper ingots, almost all intact and sparkling beautifully in the Namibian sun.
This one-off version of the VH-generation Valiant Charger, developed by Keith Anderson of the Chrysler dealership, Anderson Brooker Motor Enterprise in South Africa, is on sale.
The only documented time in history where The Simpsons didn’t do it first.
The papyrus manuscript, which dates to the fourth or fifth century, was thought to be an insignificant piece of writing.
The London-based Elmwood’s auction house is selling what is deemed to be one of the best collections ever amassed, with provenance leading directly to the Romanovs, as well as British aristocracy and European royalty.
Legend has it that the treasure will be found once seven men have died looking for it. Six have perished already.
Surprisingly, it wasn’t aliens.
Tycoon John Jacob Astor perished with the ship in 1912 after seeing his new bride, Madeleine, safely onto a lifeboat.
The Great Dane, who died 80 years ago this week, was the first dog in the world to receive an official Royal Navy rank.
The Cape Town Mapping Project is an initiative of the Cape Town Museum designed to map the stories of the people of Cape Town.
That’s because the disease they’re known for spreading (malaria) helped forge the classic G&T cocktail, a drink with as much recreational worth as it has medical value.
The estate and caves have served as a gathering place for parties and royalty, from Peter the Great and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to race-car driver Max Verstappen. Somewhere along the line, the château earned the nickname “party palace.”
Ignoring superstitions around replicating the most famous death ship ever, it would be magnificent to see the Titanic II sail into Cape Town harbour.
The tomb appears to have belonged to a high-status adult male – a great lord – who was buried on top of a woman.
Take heart in knowing that even a great artist like Michaelangelo sometimes thought their job sucked.
The Glen Affric tartan, named after the Highlands area where it was discovered in the 1980s, underwent dye analysis and radiocarbon testing last year, indicating that it dates from 1500 to 1600.
It’s the oldest surviving building of the castle and is Grade I listed, along with the castle’s main building. This means the buildings are sites of exceptional national, architectural, or historical importance.
The general subject of the text is pleasure, which, properly understood, is the highest good in Epicurean philosophy.
Perhaps a good compromise would be to allow the reconstruction, but only using ancient Egyptian tools and methods.
Cofield’s dress still has a few mysteries, but for now, the biggest one has been solved.
The Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is in response to all the nonsense and noise of the current age of post-truth, fake news, deepfakes and artificial intelligence.
Geneticists at the University of Konstanz in Germany have however released a new study on baboon DNA that shows these creatures never naturally occurred in Egypt.
The book’s name may sound ominous, but the proper translation, “The Chapters/Book of Going Forth By Day”, gives it a bit more AVBOB-ish vibe at least.
This period in European history was extremely bloody and saw a spike in the creation of prosthetics as injured soldiers returned from the numerous conflicts going on in the age.
Some of the more looney ufologists claim that this actually depicts ‘contact with an alien’, but even X-Files fans might find this hard to swallow.
The recent study used mass spectrometry to examine the personal letters written by the guy responsible for this reign of terror in an effort to understand him better.
The location of this tree is, for obvious reasons, a secret, and its discovery led to the creation of the Great Basin National Park in order to protect it and other trees from the species.
Her life in the famously pricey villa came to an end as part of a legal dispute with the children of her late husband, Prince Nicolo Boncompagni.
Jada Pinkett Smith just released a compelling Netflix docuseries that finally gives African female leaders their due.