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Boudicca led her people in a revolt against the Romans in Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium.

27 April, 2015 - 15:29 aprilholloway

Human bones in pot may reflect gruesome ritual conducted by army of Queen Boudicca

A 2,000-year-old cooking pot filled with cremated human bones has been found by the banks of the Walbrook river in London, in what was known in ancient times as Londinium, a thriving capital of a...

17 April, 2015 - 00:59 Mark Miller

British Archaeologists Find First Ever Evidence of Cremation in Mesolithic era

Archaeologists have just a few ways to study how humans lived in the distant past; one of them is how people handled bodies after their loved ones died. In southeast England about 7,600 years ago,...

A rare ancient Greek gravesite containing two intertwined corpses

8 April, 2015 - 03:41 ancient-origins

Archaeologists Uncover Ancient 'Spooning' Couple in Greece

Almost 6,000 years ago, the man was placed behind the woman with his arms around her body, and their legs were intertwined. They were buried. Why they were interred in this manner is not yet...

6 April, 2015 - 01:18 aprilholloway

New study confirms ancient people of Chile died of slow poisoning from arsenic

Previous studies have established that people of numerous pre-Columbian civilizations in northern Chile suffered from chronic arsenic poisoning between 500 and 1450 AD, through consumption of...

Iron Age grave containing father and son weavers.

4 April, 2015 - 01:01 Mark Miller

Together for two millennia: Iron Age burial containing father and son weavers unearthed in Scotland

A father and son buried together about 2,000 years ago in Linlithgow, Scotland, have been unearthed in the course of an archaeological dig. Archaeologists excavating the tomb say the pair were...

Skeletons were discovered completely intact beneath the Old Divinity School at St John's College.

2 April, 2015 - 14:52 aprilholloway

More than 1,000 Ancient Skeletons found beneath Cambridge University

Archaeologists have discovered an enormous medieval cemetery containing an estimated 1,300 burials beneath St John’s College, Cambridge, thought to be among the largest medieval hospital burial...

In Scaloria Cave stalactites on the cave ceiling and at right a mixture of stalactite fragments and human bone fragments, found during 2013 excavations

31 March, 2015 - 00:36 Mark Miller

First evidence of defleshing of human bones in Neolithic Europe found in Italy cave

Archaeologists studying a cave in southeast Italy with remains of people who died 7,500 years ago say they have identified the first known cases in New Stone Age Europe of people scraping the flesh...

Archaeologists with the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) plan to test the DNA of the remains.

4 March, 2015 - 11:59 Mark Miller

Old skeletons, possibly plague victims, found under Paris grocery

Archaeologists have unearthed the skeletal remains of 200 people underneath a supermarket in Paris on the site of an old hospital where victims of the Black Plague had been known to be buried. It was...

The medieval manuscript King René’s Book of Love, written by that 15th century king of Sicily and Duke of Anjou himself, beautifully illustrates knighthood and chivalry

1 March, 2015 - 23:42 Mark Miller

Excavations turn up medieval bones which may be a knight and his family

Archaeologists in Edinburgh have excavated several skeletons this year, including a discovery last month of bones believed to belong to a medieval Scottish nobleman or knight, now dubbed Sir Eck...

23 February, 2015 - 01:27 aprilholloway

Archaeologist finds defleshed human bones in ancient religious complex in Bolivia

Archaeologists investigating a religious complex in Bolivia have discovered an ancient mortuary where human body parts were boiled, stripped of their flesh, and cleaned. Experts believe the practice...

A woman and her partner walking on Sanday Island in the Orkneys came across the skeleton of a child who died about 4,000 years ago.

13 February, 2015 - 00:29 Mark Miller

Storms wash away sand revealing 4,000-year-old child skeleton in Orkney

The 4,000-year-old remains of a child, aged around ten years, exposed on a beach by a storm in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, are prompting archaeologists to ponder how the child died. A hiker, Carrie...

5 December, 2014 - 00:42 aprilholloway

Shackled adult and child skeletons unearthed in ancient Roman necropolis in France

An archaeological team in France has unearthed a Gallo-Roman necropolis in Saintes, France, in which the remains of a group of adults and a child were found with iron shackles around their wrists,...

Infant skeleton found beneath Roman bathhouse in Ashkelon, Israel

4 December, 2014 - 08:02 mrreese

The discovery of a mass baby grave under Roman bathhouse in Ashkelon, Israel

Along the shores of Israel's Mediterranean coast, in the ancient seaport of Ashkelon, archaeologist Ross Voss made a gruesome find. While exploring one of the city’s sewers, he discovered a large...

Child skeleton from 1,500-year-old crime mystery in Sweden

2 December, 2014 - 00:14 aprilholloway

Child skeleton sheds new light on 1,500-year-old crime mystery in Sweden

The Sandby borg massacre refers to an ancient crime scene unearthed on the island of Öland in Sweden, where archaeologists uncovered evidence of a brutal slaughter approximately 1,500 years ago. The...

800-year-old body found in Norwegian well

7 November, 2014 - 12:06 aprilholloway

The 800-year-old body found in a Norwegian well supports accuracy of Sverris Saga

Over seven decades ago, an ancient skeleton was found in a well in Sverresborg, a medieval fortification located in Bergen, Norway. But World War II put an end to the excavations and the body was...

17 September, 2014 - 02:30 aprilholloway

Ancient bog body found in Ireland may be Iron Age sacrifice

Archaeologists in Ireland made an amazing discovery this week when they unearthed another ancient bog body in County Meath, adding to the collection of ancient human remains, some incredibly well-...

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Representational image of human skeletons. The discovery of anomalous skeletons suggests humanity may be older than we think.

Ancient Anomalous Human Skeletons: Humanity Could be Much Older Than We Think

There are many reported human skeletal finds which are in discordance with current evolutionary beliefs dating back to anomalously ancient geological periods in the distant past, way before it is accepted that human beings ever existed.

The human skull that challenges the Out of Africa theory

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Megalithic Mathematics Revealed at the Cotswold Severn Long Barrows!

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Britain’s Earliest Humans Found In the Suburbs of Canterbury

Hunter's tools excavated in England over a century ago have been dated to, wait for it, between 560,000 and 620,000 years ago!

The Evidence is Cut in Stone: A Compelling Argument for Lost High Technology in Ancient Egypt

Human Fire Use Over A Million Years Ago Seems More Likely

6 Advanced Ancient Inventions Beyond Modern Understanding

150,000-Year-Old Pipes Baffle Scientists in China: Out of Place in Time?

Surprising Stone Age Knowledge Revealed on a Mammoth Bone Bracelet

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The ancient Judean date palm tree has been resurrected

The Judean Date Palm: Extinct Tree Resurrected from Ancient Seeds

For thousands of years, the date palm was a staple crop. In the Kingdom of Judea it was a source of food, shelter, medicine, and shade. But the plant went extinct due to waves of conquest and...

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The Stone Head of Guatemala that History Wants to Forget

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The Coming Gnostic Civilization, and his most recent book, Sedona: City of the Star People.

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

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human remains

Human bones in pot may reflect gruesome ritual conducted by army of Queen Boudicca

British Archaeologists Find First Ever Evidence of Cremation in Mesolithic era

Archaeologists Uncover Ancient 'Spooning' Couple in Greece

New study confirms ancient people of Chile died of slow poisoning from arsenic

Together for two millennia: Iron Age burial containing father and son weavers unearthed in Scotland

More than 1,000 Ancient Skeletons found beneath Cambridge University

First evidence of defleshing of human bones in Neolithic Europe found in Italy cave

Old skeletons, possibly plague victims, found under Paris grocery

Excavations turn up medieval bones which may be a knight and his family

Archaeologist finds defleshed human bones in ancient religious complex in Bolivia

Storms wash away sand revealing 4,000-year-old child skeleton in Orkney

Shackled adult and child skeletons unearthed in ancient Roman necropolis in France

The discovery of a mass baby grave under Roman bathhouse in Ashkelon, Israel

Child skeleton sheds new light on 1,500-year-old crime mystery in Sweden

The 800-year-old body found in a Norwegian well supports accuracy of Sverris Saga

Ancient bog body found in Ireland may be Iron Age sacrifice

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