76 heartless skeleton found in Peru denounce the crimes of ancient sacrificial custom
Archaeologists theorize that in keeping with the customs of the time, the children were victims of child sacrifice. The remains of 76 children were found by archaeologists…
Ancient Africans are whitewashed thanks to discovery of 700,000-year-old skull in Greece
A 700,000-year-old human skull known as the “Petralona man” or “Archanthropus of Petralona” was discovered in 1959. Since then, scientists have been trying to find out where…
3000-year-old part of Medusa body was found by farmer in countryside
A farmer unearthed an ancient bronze Medusa head worth thousands while digging a ditch. The head of the mythical Greek character, who was said to turn onlookers…
DNA bone research of skeletons in family graves has revealed weird life in Roman times
DNA analysis of three late Roman-era skeletons found in the same grave has revealed “a family tragedy”. Experts now believe a mother, her unborn son and her…
1000-year-old skull helps archaeologists explain the long-standing mystery
The skull has not been fully excavated from the ground yet, but the part that has been exposed so far, including the frontal bone, eye sockets and…
Three 1000-year-old mummies with weird shape disclosed ancient violence
One secret of the past that can be revealed through the study of skulls and skeletons is how frequent violence was amongst our ancestors. However, with their…
Drug remaining in Israeli mass grave, showing a history of drug trafficking since ancient times
Excavations at an ancient burial pit in Israel discovered the world’s earliest evidence of drug use, experts say. The hundreds of burials unearthed in Tel Yehud date…
Found a 6000-year-old woman’s skull has revealed the legend of “short, dark-skinned people” lived in Taiwan
The ancient Taiwanese legend of ‘short, dark skinned’ people who lived in remote mountains and suddenly disappeared has been confirmed to be true following the discovery of…
The Bronze Age Britons usurped land by using a mysterious ancestor mummification
LONDON — Mummification seems to have been widely practiced throughout Britain in the Bronze Age, archaeologists from the University of Sheffield said in a study analysing skeletons…
World first discovered: The skeleton of a pregnant Egyptian woman was unearthed in Egypt
At first, archaeologists thought they were scanning the mummy of an ancient Egyptian priest named Hor-Djehuty. Then, in the body’s abdomen, images revealed what appeared to be…