In archeology, bone fragments and other haunting reminders of long-ᴅᴇᴀᴅ people are a given. But some discoveries paint particularly gruesome pictures of past lives and deaths. From…

Around 700 years ago, a young man, who has come to be known as ‘Bocksten Man’, was struck three times on the head, then tossed into a…

The mummy of Queen Tiye was found within the second side chamber of the tomb of AmenH๏τep II. Found in 1898 by Victor Loret, it was discovered…

Rewriting one of the ancient world’s most dramatic battlefield accounts   Archaeologists uncovered the remains of dozens of soldiers who fought in the Battle of Himera. Evidence…

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies. Anatomical musea are often filled with tragic examples of…

The Enigmatic Basketmaker Culture   In the heart of the American Southwest, a fascinating culture thrived long before the rise of the Ancestral Puebloans. Known as the…

Téviec would be a rather anonymous island located somewhere in Brittany, France, if it wasn’t for its great archaeological value thanks to the many finds – mainly…

A Breathtaking Discovery As Mother’s Day approaches, archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable find that transcends time – the ancient remains of a young mother and an infant…

In 1881, the remarkably well-preserved mummy of Seti I was found alongside his original wooden coffins in a cache at Deir El-Bahri. Egyptologists were thrilled by the…