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Black Bones of a Polish Princess Modeled by Tech Geniuses

A 2000-year-old skeleton of a Polish ‘princess’ was thought to be impossible to scan because of its dark color. A group of tech wizards has been able to create a model of the skeleton despite the challenges and this will be used to recreate the face of the ancient woman. It can help researchers to understand her mysterious burial and life.

Ed Whelan - 01/12/2019 - 00:23

Nancy Marie Brown

... medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In ...

ancient-origins - 07/02/2013 - 12:02

Which Goddess Lost Her Legs in a Shipwreck? 2,700-Year-Old Terracotta Statue Discovered in Turkish Waters

A team of Turkish archaeologists have announced the fascinating underwater discovery of a large terracotta sculpture of a bare-footed woman wearing a long dress. Could these be Aphrodite’s legs hidden beneath the waters? They say that the statue they found hiding in the sand of the Aegean Sea is a Cypriot goddess and the biggest find in underwater history for their country to date.

Theodoros Karasavvas - 24/01/2017 - 19:58

Does 2,800-Year-Old Statue Head Depict a Forgotten Biblical King?

... other sources. The head represents a royal enigma.” An art historian who examined the small head has suggested it ...

Alicia McDermott - 09/06/2018 - 22:57

Face of 19th Century American 'Vampire' Reconstructed

Based on the DNA extracted from a 19th century skeleton, a forensic artist has recreated the face of a man who was buried, but never laid to rest. Mr. John Barber’s body was later dug up so that his corpse could be crippled, because he was suspected of being a vampire.

ashley cowie - 02/11/2022 - 21:45

A Hollowed-Out Gourd Contains the Blood of Louis XVI. Or Does it?

While it’s not what I’d do, legend has it that when King Louis XVI was beheaded in 1793, onlookers in Paris rushed to the scene to dip their handkerchiefs in the dead king’s blood. Years later, one of these gruesome souvenirs made headlines when an Italian family sent it off for genetic testing to see if the relic was the real deal.

Cecilia Bogaard - 29/09/2022 - 01:54

The lost world of Socotra, a remote island with plants up to 20 million years old

The remote island of Socotra could be straight out of a science-fiction movie. Its native flora is so unique and foreign to the eye that it has been described as the most alien looking place on earth.

aprilholloway - 26/09/2013 - 13:12

Why Is This the Only Existing Viking Age Helmet?

By THORNEWS

In 1943, extraordinarily rich finds from the Viking Age were made in Haugsbygd in Ringerike, Eastern Norway. The finds included – among many other objects – the only helmet dating back to the Viking era found in Scandinavia.

ancient-origins - 30/09/2017 - 18:51

The Real Story of Medusa: Protective Powers from a Snake-Haired Gorgon

In ancient Greek mythology, Medusa is the most famous of three monstrous sisters known as the Gorgons. The earliest known record about the story of Medusa and the Gorgons can be found in Hesiod’s Theogony. According to this ancient author, the three sisters, Sthenno, Euryale, and Medusa, were the children of Phorcys and Ceto and lived “beyond famed Oceanus at the world’s edge hard by Night”. Of the three, only Medusa is said to be mortal.

dhwty - 21/01/2021 - 00:51

A War That Pail-s in Comparison to Any Other: The Medieval Bucket War

The medieval city-states of northern Italy were more competitive than any given Kardashian battling her sister for more Snapchat followers. Time and again, the cities of Modena and Bologna put their dukes up, but the former pulled one over on its rival by stealing a bucket...that later inspired an epic poem.

Carly Silver - 24/10/2016 - 14:47

Meteorite fragment found inside 9,000-year-old hut

Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology (IAE) in Szczecin discovered a meteorite fragment inside the remains of a Neolithic hut dating back more than 9,000 years in Bolków, northwest Poland, according to a news report in Naukaw Polsce. Academics believe the object was recognised as being ‘not of this world’ and was used for shamanic purposes.

aprilholloway - 29/06/2014 - 00:17

It’s March 25 – Happy Medieval New Year!

March 25 this year will fly by for most of us as just another day in the Gregorian calendar. But the date was far more significant in the past. For over a millennium across Europe and beyond this was the date of the New Year. In fact this was the case for Protestant Britain and its colonies, including those in America right up until 1752. This was all news to me. So how could it be?

Gary Manners - 26/03/2021 - 01:22

Initial Stage Reached on Dream of Cloning Woolly Mammoth

By The Siberian Times / By Olga Gertcyk

A South Korean specialist hails the opening of new World Mammoth Centre in Siberia, dedicated to bringing the beast back to life. Cloning guru Professor Hwang Woo-Suk did not go into details of the progress made in restoring the extinct species after several thousand years of extinction, but made clear he expected to publish new research in scientific journals as soon as 'checks' are complete.

ancient-origins - 30/07/2016 - 00:53

Treacherous Trading: Dangers of the Silk Road

The Silk Road is arguably the most famous long-distance trade route in the ancient world. This trade route connected Europe in the West with China in the East, and allowed the exchange of goods, technology, and ideas between the two civilizations. Silk, however, was the most celebrated commodity that was transferred along this route, traveling from China westwards.

dhwty - 01/03/2018 - 13:55

The ‘Cursed’ city of Chorazin

... Day of Judgment than for you. And thou, Capernaum , which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for ...

johnblack - 01/11/2013 - 10:11

Venezuelan Cult Still Practices Shocking Self-Harming Rituals

Every year thousands of Venezuelans hike into the mountains around Chivacoa and practice fire, blood, and smoke rituals as they pay homage to their indigenous goddess - Maria Lionza - who is still revered and worshipped across the South American nation. Some Venezuelans believe that practicing the self-harming rituals will help them to avoid pain and heal quickly.

ashley cowie - 16/10/2019 - 22:51

Peruvian Archaeologist’s Life Is Threatened Over Caral-Chupacigarro

A 73-year-old Peruvian archaeologist was shot in the chest. Her dog was slaughtered. And now she’s receiving death threats, as she fights to defend Caral-Chupacigarro, America’s oldest city, from a violent criminal gang. Caral-Chupacigarro is an almost 5000-year-old Norte Chico civilization settlement located 200 kilometers (120 mi) north of Lima, on a dry desert terrace overlooking the Supe River Valley in the Barranca Province of modern-day Peru.

ashley cowie - 04/01/2021 - 21:19

Global Donkey Populations Decimated for Chinese Traditional Medicine

A British charity has announced that the rising demand for donkey hide gelatin is threatening to collapse their numbers by half across Asia, Africa and South America unless governments intervene now.

ashley cowie - 24/11/2019 - 22:59

Healthy, Mostly Veg, Food Was Delivered to Bronze Age Mine Workers

Bronze Age food, plant and cereal remains, from a mining site in Austria dating to the 11th - 9th century BC have been studied and the scientists found no evidence of food processing. They suspect the Bronze Age food was prepared outside the mining site and that it was delivered to the workforce. This offers new insights about specific roles and skill sets within communities in this period.

ashley cowie - 26/03/2021 - 17:58