The Tuli Mummy: A Remarkable Discovery of Botswana’s Greatest Ancient Mummified Ever Found The mummification process was well-known and practiced by many ancient civilizations. Various mummification techniques were used and ancient people wanted to preserve the body of the deceased for a variety of reasons, depending on their religious beliefs. Ancient mummies have been discovered …
What were remains of 1,000-year-old African skeleton doing in England?
What were remains of 1,000-year-old African skeleton doing in England? HISTORIANS have given their theories of how a young African woman came to be found in a Fairford river, 1,000 years after her death. Fairford schoolboys Christian Thompson and Robbie Cribley made the discovery in June as they stumbled across a human skull while paddling …
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A Medieval warrior’s skull, recovered from a Mass grave outside Visby
A Medieval warrior’s skull, recovered from a Mass grave outside Visby A medieval warrior’s skull, recovered from a mass grave outside Visby, a city on the Swedish island of Gotland, has been brought to life by a digital artist. Killed in the 1361 AD Battle of Visby, in which 2,500 Danish warriors, mostly heavily-armed mercenaries, …
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Cats and babies: Thousand-year-old mummies in Turkey’s Aksaray
Cats and babies: Thousand-year-old mummies in Turkey’s Aksaray The museum at Aksaray, the gateway of Turkey’s Cappadocia region to the West, holds a very special mummy section that displays as many as 13 local mummies to interested visitors. Astonishingly, apart from adult humans, the mummies include babies and even a cat, and are believed to …
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Ancient Chinese woman faced brutal ‘yue’ punishment, had foot cut off, skeleton reveals
Ancient Chinese woman faced brutal ‘yue’ punishment, had foot cut off, skeleton reveals Nearly 3,000 years ago, the foot of a Chinese woman was cut off in an amputation — probably not for a medical condition, but as punishment for committing a criminal act, a new study of her bones suggests. It’s one of the …
Mesolithic Burials in Europe from 8,000 Years Ago Point to Earliest Evidence of Mummification
Mesolithic Burials in Europe from 8,000 Years Ago Point to Earliest Evidence of Mummification How old is the art of embalming the dead and where did it originate? This is one of those eternal archaeological questions that is constantly reinforced and altered with the arrival of new evidence. In the realm of popular history, mummification …
An ancient skeleton with a prosthetic eye was discovered 15 years ago
An ancient skeleton with a prosthetic eye was discovered 15 years ago Believe it or not, fake eyes have existed for thousands of years. Besides improving the physical appearance of the patient needing the artificial eye, fake eyes also prevent tissues in the eye socket from overgrowing and prevent foreign debris from entering the eye …
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A 3,700-year-old burial site suggests female rule in Bronze Age Spain
A 3,700-year-old burial site suggests female rule in Bronze Age Spain Archaeologists in Spain have determined that the 3,700-year-old remains of a woman found beneath a Bronze Age-era ruin may well be the first case of an ancient female ruling elite in Western Europe. The discovery at the La Almoloya site in Murcia, Spain, dates to around …
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Preserved by Nature: Studying the Spectacular Salt Mummies of Iran
Preserved by Nature: Studying the Spectacular Salt Mummies of Iran In 1993, miners at the Chehrabad Salt Mine in the Zanjan province of Iran discovered a body. Clearly a man, the body had flowing white hair and a beard, and was sporting a single gold earring. Though he didn’t initially appear that old, carbon dating …
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1,200-Year-Old Ceremonial Temple with Six Female Sacrifice Victims Unearthed in Peru
1,200-Year-Old Ceremonial Temple with Six Female Sacrifice Victims Unearthed in Peru In a 1,200-year-old ceremonial temple in Peru, archeologists have unearthed the remains of six women, believed to be connected to the Lambayeque culture, who appear to have been killed in a ritual sacrifice at a secret compound. According to PeruThisWeek.com, the six women were most …