1,600-year-old funeral pyres — with precious items for the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ — found in France
In a rural area of modern-day France, an ancient group gathered to build a funeral pyre. They put shoes on the deceased, laid the body in a…
Paracas Mummy Bundles
For the spring 2017 course, “The Inca and Their Ancestors: Andean Objects, Technologies, and Issues of Conservation,” students have begun studying different aspects of the Paracas culture…
Recent Scary Archaeological Discoveries Finds
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…
A 700-Year-Old Murder Mystery: Who Bludgeoned the Bocksten Man to Death and Why?
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 Temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel
To the north of the magnificent temple of Ramses II in Abu Simbel we find one that the monarch ordered to be built, or rather carved, in honor of his wife Nefertari,…
Skeletons and artifacts from ancient medieval battles preserved in the museum Visby – Gotland – Sweden.
On July 22, 1361, King Waldemaro IV of Denmark sent an army of 2,500 men to the island of Gotland, which is located about ninety kilometers from…
Mosaico nella Villa Romana del Casale a Piazza Armerina Sicilia, Italia
With its historic center capable of taking us back in time among medieval streets and Renaissance and Baroque buildings, it is famous throughout the world for its…
Over 6,000 years ago, a mysterious civilization had detailed maps of our solar system.
Over 6,000 years ago, a mysterious civilization had detailed maps of our solar system. The Sumerians created these drawings using clay. The surviving drawings show that they…