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Captain Matthew Flinders will be reburied in the English village where he was born in 1814, with Australian guests among those marking the event.

A political genius's writings were the spark that set off a brutal and humiliating conflict.

Half of his journal was published and the other half was never seen - until it was found in a rural English bookstore.

A small fire has broken out in the spire of the medieval cathedral in Rouen, a major landmark in northern France that was under renovation.

It's hoped the same strategies could be used to map the DNA of ancient Egyptian mummies.

The discovery is "unique" and raises more questions than answers, a major museum said.

"He was loved by so many, and he was everything to our family."

Steve Fishman was hitchhiking in Connecticut in 1975 when he accepted a ride from a chatty lone man in a Buick. A few months later, the man confessed to a series of rapes and murders.

First privately minted in 1967, the Aussie coins have fetched tens of thousands of dollars at auction.

For the time being, experts speculate the site could have been used for a ritual or religious function.

A collection of fossilised bones more than 100 million years old found in Queensland belong to a previously unknown species of ancient flying reptile, new research has revealed.

New DNA findings have revealed some striking common characteristics among dozens of sacrificed people.

Experts are tipping we could finish as high as fifth in Paris 2024 and third in Brisbane 2032.

Former bomber pilot Bill Purdy recalls one of the pivotal battles during World War II.

Trump isn't the first would-be president with a criminal record. He's not even the only one this year.

The June long weekend is almost here, but not for everyone.

Korean War veteran Matthew Rennie survived being shot in the head in 1953 and will be 91 next month.

Mexico's federal archaeology agency has accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country's famous mummified 19th century bodies.

New underwater drone technology is helping to map shipwrecks off WA's coast.

The remains of the 300-year-old warship sunk in the Caribbean is believed to contain billions of dollars worth of artifacts.

The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy's History and Heritage Command said.

Bong nicknamed the plane "Marge" after his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl.

Constable Hugh Bracken played a pivotal part in the demise of the Kelly Gang, but not even his gravesite is now known.

British police have described the theft of the 3000-year-old pieces as 'despicable'.

The Blood Brothers corner store opened in Ringwood in 1914, making it the oldest commercial building in the suburb.

Berlin’s government is offering to give away a villa once owned by Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, hoping to end a decades-long debate on whether to repurpose or bulldoze the sprawling disused site.

A 40-something woman was buried in a cave 75,000 years ago, laid to rest in a gully hollowed out to accommodate her body.

From capital city cenotaphs to local memorials, thousands have braved the cold to honour the memory of all Australians who have served their country at home and abroad.

This is a call for ideas, and a plea to keep the Anzac Day tradition alive and protect its future as an integral part of the moral and social fabric so threatened in this country.

Can it be called a cookie? Can chocolate be added? 9news.com.au spoke to an expert to learn the biscuit's full history.

It turns on its head the notion that Indigenous Australians hadn't developed pottery manufacturing before European settlement.

His secret artistic wonderland created in a rented unit has now been given protected status.

The University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum has removed the human remains from its Egyptian galleries.

A small underwater drone has snapped imagery of a historic shipwreck twice the size of a blue whale on the ocean floor.

The red pigment, associated with power and wealth, has fascinated humans for millennia.

The completion date of 2026 will come 144 years after the first stone was laid.

The Lady Palmerston shipwreck has been discovered south of Kangaroo Island in South Australia after 90 years.

Who was the American scientist behind the most destructive weapon in global history.

With house prices soaring around the country, you would be hard pressed to find real estate any cheaper - or with as much historical gravitas - as in Terowie.

Archaeologists say they have discovered what may be the largest mass grave ever excavated in Europe at a site in southern Germany.

The leap day actually serves an incredibly important role in keeping our seasons in sync with the sun and moon, and has a history going back thousands and thousands of years.

The SS Nemesis was found off the coast of Wollongong 120 years after it departed NSW in 1904.

Trolls and critics have swamped the museum's social media accounts, demanding it return a towering artefact taken from Easter Island.

From the original cereal box packaging to a familiar ad you may remember, here's a look back at 100 years of the breakfast company.

Once the site of a violent murder, the old SCEGGS school in Moss Vale has been lying abandoned and disused for half a century.

Early on May 1, 1940, the Arlington began to sink and the ship's chief engineer sounded the alarm.

For the first time since his death in 1882, Charles Darwin's impressive library has been virtually reassembled to reveal the multitude of books, pamphlets and journals cited and read by the influential naturalist.

Today is 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II visited Australia for the first time. The young Queen, who had been on the throne for two years, was the first reigning British monarch to visit Australia - and remains the only one to do so.

The YouTube star is 'gobsmacked' after being threatened with prosecution by the state for allegedly disturbing archeological sites.

The towering flight of rainbow stairs at the Batu Caves in Malaysia has made it popular with Instagrammer tourists.