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5700-Year-Old Child Skeleton Unearthed in Turkish City of Malatya

julia Haldoupis
February 13, 2024

5700-Year-Old Child Skeleton Unearthed in Turkish City of Malatya A 5,700-year-old skeleton of a noble-born child has been found buried in the ruins of a Copper Age Turkish house. Anthropologists believe the bones belonged to a six-year-old who most likely…

Archaeologists Discover 1,200-Year-Old Mummy Tied With Rope

julia Haldoupis
October 1, 2023

Archaeologists Discover 1,200-Year-Old Mummy Tied With Rope Archaeologists excavating an underground tomb in Peru have uncovered a strange mummy preserved fully bound up in ropes, with its hands covering its face. The remains of the individual, whose sex has not…