This Medieval Mother Had a Gruesome ‘Coffin Birth’ After Medieval Brain Surgery Italian archaeologists have uncovered a medieval grave containing the remains of a woman buried near Bologna, Italy, with a 38-week-old fetus lying between her legs, reports said Monday.…
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Lucy: 3.2 Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Discovered in Ethiopia It was November 24, 1974. In the United States of America, the year’s number-one music singles included “Annie’s Song” by John Denver and “Bennie and the Jets” by…
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Jaw-Dropping Discovery: 18th-Century Mummified Monks Revealed Suffering From Tuberculosis Infections Scientists recently examined tissue samples from tuberculosis-infected bodies that were naturally mummified in a church crypt in Vac, Hungary. Researchers found that tuberculosis that killed them in the 1700s derived…
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2,000 Years ‘Mummy’s Hair’ Reveals Ancient Peruvians Enjoyed Seafood and Beer The hair of some natural mummies buried about 2,000 years ago in southern Peru appears to have been nicely coiffed prior to burial, with decorated textiles holding it in…
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Ancient DNA Reveals History of Hunter-Gatherers in Europe A pair of studies offering the most in-depth look into the lives of Ice Age hunter-gatherers has revealed at least eight previously unknown groups of early Europeans. Until recently, much about the…
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Hidden Chamber Revealed Inside Great Pyramid of Giza Even at 4,500 years old, the Great Pyramid of Giza is still revealing new secrets. On Thursday, Egyptian officials announced the discovery of a hidden corridor above the pyramid’s entrance. Measuring 30 feet long,…
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Scientists Hope to Solve the Mystery of 163 Child Mummies Discovered in Italy The 200-year-old secrets of the child mummies of the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo in northern Sicily are to be revealed by a British-led team of scientists using X-ray technology.…
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DNA has proven that Turkey was the country of origin for the earliest farmers in Europe It was an innovation that changed the course of human history forever, leading to the rise of the first civilizations and transforming the way…
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Bones of Handless Man Found Near Mysterious Medieval Dolphin Burial The body of a man without hands thought to have been buried hundreds of years ago has been found by archaeologists on a rocky islet off the coast of Guernsey,…
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Carbon dating indicates that India’s oldest known burial site is 4,000 years old One day in 2005, Shriram Sharma, a farmer from Sanauli village Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, was carrying about his day, and ploughing his field. Little did he know that…
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