Exploring Ubasute: The Haunting Tale of Abandoned Mothers in Ancient Japan
A Tradition Born from Desperation: The Haunting History of Ubasute In the depths of Japanese history, few practices evoke as much sorrow as Ubasute. This ancient custom…
Mysterious mummy found in tomb in Peru with hands covering its face
A mummy, fully bound in ropes and with its hands covering its face, has been discovered in an underground tomb in Peru.Universidad Nacional Mayor de Sa Originally…
Tracing the History and Health Impacts of Skull Modification
From foot binding and scarification to dental alignment and ear piercings, the practice of modifying one’s body — usually for religious or aesthetic purposes — has followed us since…
Margaret Mead ‘Femur’ Quote
On June 8 2021, a Facebook page shared a long-circulating quote attributed to anthropologist Margaret Mead about civilization’s earliest sign of appearing being a healed femur. In…
New Research Sheds Light on the Saber-Toothed Cats of California, Fierce Predators of the Pleistocene
New Research Sheds Light on the Saber-Toothed Cats of California, Fierce Predators of the Pleistocene Charles R. Knight Wikimedia Buy us coffee? We’d appreciate it! Around 15,000 to 20,000…
The Unfinished Gate – The Porta Nigra in Trier
Salvete amici, it’s me, Aelius Rufus. Yes, it is quite some time you last saw me, and I had to have a word with Gabriele about the lack…
Derinkuyu Underground City
Cappadocia, Turkeyis home to a subterranean network of dwellings, this article provides a background and history to a network that dates back to 15th century BCE. An Antipodean…
Egypt uncovers first royal tomb in over 100 years — ending discovery drought since King Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922
The final resting place of Thutmose II — the last of Egypt’s so-called ‘lost tombs’ — has been discovered, officials announced on Tuesday. National Museum of Egyptian Civilization There’s…
The Secret Skull of Pakal the Great: An Academic Cover-Up?
In 1952, deep within the smoldering cedar and mahogany forests of southern Mexico, and after four years of arduous toiling, the archaeologist Alberto Ruz Lhuillier finally finished removing…
Statue of King Tut’s granddad found
An alabaster statue of the ancient Egyptian king AmenH๏τep III has been unearthed by a team of Egyptian and European archaeologists working at his funerary temple in…