Harri Weber

  • X-Rays Reveal Gnarled Remains of Ancient Roman Military Sandal

    X-Rays Reveal Gnarled Remains of Ancient Roman Military Sandal

    At first blush, the remains of an ancient Roman sandal look more like little gnarled carcasses than footwear. But upon closer inspection and using X-rays, archeologists say the shoe parts they found at an ancient military site are unusually well preserved. Discovered at a roughly 2,000-year-old fort near Oberstimm, a village in Bavaria, Germany, the…


  • 3-Legged Lion Sets Swimming Record in Crocodile-Filled River

    3-Legged Lion Sets Swimming Record in Crocodile-Filled River

    When night fell on Uganda’s second-largest national park in early February, Jacob, a three-legged African lion, made several attempts to cross a dangerous channel with his brother, Tibu. Likely motivated by a scarcity of lionesses and the “strong” presence of humans at the only available land connection, the two lions repeatedly entered the Kazinga channel…