Skulls

It was this skull, found on the uninhabited island of Petite Mustique in the Caribbean, that was used in the recent leprosy research study. Source: International Journal of Paleopathology

22 November, 2021 - 17:57 Sahir

Caribbean Island Skull Reveals Evidence of Old World Leprosy, Study

A ground-breaking recent leprosy research study published in the International Journal of Paleopathology used the fragments of a skull found on an uninhabited Caribbean island called Petite Musique...

Greta’s skull was for the longest time viewed as the oldest British skull until it was carbon dated and proven to be a medieval skull. Source: David Adkins / DerbyShireLive

1 November, 2021 - 22:00 Sahir

‘Oldest’ British Skull Revealed to be Decapitated Woman from Norman Conquest

Lost for years, the “oldest British skull” ever to be found was finally traced and shockingly exposed as a fraud! Radiocarbon dating of Greta, the skull unearthed by workers at what were then the...

Spanish researchers have released their scientific study of the Neolithic age skulls and ritual artifacts found in one of the Dehesilla caves south of Cadiz, Spain.

8 April, 2021 - 22:56 Sahir

New Kind of Neolithic Age Human Burial Ritual Found in Spanish Cave

All societies, ancient and modern, lay a great deal of emphasis on how their dead should be buried. In a cave in southern Spain, researchers have discovered the extent to which Middle-Neolithic-age...

15 January, 2021 - 17:17 ashley cowie

Recreating The Faces Of Two Scythian Empire Rulers With High Tech

High technology has brought back a pair of super wealthy ancient nomadic Scythian Empire nobles discovered in a gold laden tomb in East Siberia. Described as a “Scythian King and Queen,” their...

21 December, 2020 - 21:50 ashley cowie

Earliest Evidence of Hardcore Horseback Riding in China

The oldest evidence of horseback riding in China has been discovered and it is revealing lost volumes about how horses revolutionized ancient cultures in the East. But it also tells a bleak story...

Several of the extended or elongated skulls being measured. Source: © Philip J.S. Jones

26 August, 2020 - 23:01 Gary Manners

Elongated Skulls Found in Completely New Region of Peru

Five sets of human skeletal remains have been discovered by investigators in Peru and, surprisingly, two of the five have elongated skulls. The find has been made in an area where this type of skull...

One of the mounted skulls found in Motala, Sweden. Credit: Anna Arnberg.

26 June, 2020 - 18:50 dhwty

This is What a Man from the Tomb of Sunken Skulls Looked Like

When archaeologists were excavating a dry prehistoric lake bed in Motala, Sweden in 2009, they stumbled upon one of the most peculiar archaeological discoveries the nation had seen – the so-called ‘...

The skull of a man, 25-40 years, with his face cut off with a sharp weapon. The head was found in a well outside a pit house from the 9th century in Aarhus, Denmark. Source: Rogvi N. Johansen/Moesgaard Museum

5 May, 2020 - 01:57 ashley cowie

De-faced Skulls and Babies Were Buried in Viking Homes

A new Viking research paper determines parts of dead Norse folk, especially children, were kept beneath homes after the deceased had been buried. So often sensationalized, glamorized and mystified,...

A bone wall was discovered at Saint Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium

21 February, 2020 - 18:55 ashley cowie

Skeletons in the Closet: Walls of Bones Discovered Beneath Cathedral

Walls constructed of human bones and skulls have been discovered beneath a Belgium cathedral. The nine walls composed of bones and shattered human skulls were discovered by archaeologists while...

Original position of the skeletal remains inside submerged cave of Muknal. Source: Jerónimo Avilés /© 2020 Hubbe et al CC BY 4.0

30 January, 2020 - 18:55 ashley cowie

First Americans Were More Diverse Than Thought

Scientists are claiming current theories “over-simplify” how the Americas were populated. Most of us were taught that the Americas were void of humans until around 13,000 years ago and authors like...

Representation of cannibalism in the Caribbean

12 January, 2020 - 19:06 ashley cowie

Scientists Suggest Columbus' Caribbean Cannibals Might Be True

A new study of ancient Caribbean skulls suggests Christopher Columbus' accounts of fierce raiders abducting women and cannibalizing men ‘might’ be true. In 1492, under orders from King Ferdinand of...

10 January, 2020 - 01:52 Ed Whelan

Niah National Park, Where the Caves Continue to Give 40 Thousand Years On

Because Malaysia has an amazing climate and incredible natural scenery, the country is popular with international visitors . It also has many remarkable national parks, such as Niah National Park...

Infant discovered at Salango, Ecuador, with a skull helmet. Source: Twitter.

15 November, 2019 - 22:59 ashley cowie

Ecuadorian Infants Discovered Wearing Child Skull ‘Helmets’

Archaeologists in Ecuador have found two buried infants wearing “helmets” fashioned from the skulls of two other children. The ritual complex and funerary platform of Salango on the central coast of...

Ancient site of Göbeklitepe in Turkey, the oldest temple in the world. Source: JB Press / CC BY-SA 2.0)

14 October, 2019 - 23:04 Refik

Was Göbeklitepe An Ancient Temple of Sacrifice?

Göbeklitepe, the world’s oldest temple , is around 12,000 years old. It was built by hunter-gatherers in the pre-pottery Neolithic period, before writing and the wheel were invented. Göbeklitepe has...

15 August, 2019 - 14:04 ashley cowie

Maya Sacrificial Victims Were Likely Young, Foreign and Skinned Alive

Scientists in Mexico have been studying tooth enamel from the skulls of 1,000-year-old Maya human sacrificial victims from the gloomy depths of a sacred cenote (sink hole). The new study was...

21 April, 2019 - 01:41 dhwty

The Dark Underworld of the Paris Catacombs

Paris, the capital of France, is often called La Ville Lumière (meaning ‘The City of Light’), however, beneath this bustling European city of 12 million people, lies a dark subterranean world holding...

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In summer Tunisia's Chott el Djerid salt lake is almost entirely dried up, as seen in this photo from May 2021, but many believe that beneath this sand lies the remains of Tunisian Atlantis. Source: Kais photographies / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Theory of the Tunisian Atlantis - Beneath the Sands of Africa!

Ever since the age of the classical antiquity, there was a widespread myth of the fabled, sunken city of Atlantis. A true ancient metropolis that was in many ways the epitome of advanced civilization.

Russian Atlantis: Tomb Raider’s Invisible City of Kitezh was a REAL Place

The Living Dead: Chinese Hopping Vampires

Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula?

Legendary Locks: Can Hair Act as a Sixth Sense, Protecting us from Danger?

Scota: Mother of Scotland and Daughter of a Pharaoh

Human Origins

A Wa'a Kaulua (double canoe) of Hawaiian Nobility of the 18th Century. Polynesia was inhabited by skilled seafarers.

Where Did the Polynesians Really Come From?

Oceania was the last region to be settled by humans and the last part of Oceania to be settled by humans was Polynesia. Polynesians are famous for their voyages to remote islands in distant parts of the Pacific. Using outrigger canoes, they founded a society across islands stretching in a triangle from the Hawaiian Islands to Easter Island to New Zealand

Legendary Locks: Can Hair Act as a Sixth Sense, Protecting us from Danger?

They’re Alive! Megalithic Sites Are More than Just Stone

3: The Perfect Number - Trinity Symbolism in World Religious Traditions

The Water of Life: Alcohol as Medicine Through the Ages

Garden of Eden Depicted in Ancient Greek Religious Art

Ancient Technology

The hydraulic telegraph of Aeneas – long-distance communication of antiquity

Advances in technology have drastically changed the way we live today compared to those of our ancient past. One type of technology that many of us may take for granted is the ability to communicate...

A Japanese Fan Became a Deadly Weapon in the Right Hands

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

They’re Alive! Megalithic Sites Are More than Just Stone

Surprising Stone Age Knowledge Revealed on a Mammoth Bone Bracelet

Anatolian Neolithic Weavers At Çatalhöyük Used Trees to Make The Oldest Cloth

Ancient Places

It Looks Like a Laser Cut But What Really Split the Ancient Al Naslaa Rock?

The Tayma oasis in Saudi Arabia is famous for its rock art and its historic legacy. It was a major trade route in antiquity and was once the dwelling place of a Babylonian king, Nabonidus. It is referenced in both Assyrian and Biblical sources as a trading post and is also known for abundant rock art made as much as 4000 years ago.

The Theory of the Tunisian Atlantis - Beneath the Sands of Africa!

‘Neolithic Mince Pies’ Were Eaten by Stonehenge’s Builders

The Beauty of Loulan and the Tattooed Mummies of the Tarim Basin

Port Royal and the Real Pirates of the Caribbean

Fasil Ghebbi: The Magnificent 17th-century Camelot of Ethiopia

Opinion

Detail; Byzantine Alexander Romance, Venice, 14th century.

Fact or Fiction? The Obscure Origins of the Greek Alexander Romance

The Greek Alexander Romance, often referred to as a ‘pseudo-Callisthenes’ production, is in one form or another one of the most influential and widely read books of all time; it has birthed a whole literary genre on Alexander the Great and his campaigns across the Persian Empire.

Was there a Common Writing System used by Pacific Islanders?

3: The Perfect Number - Trinity Symbolism in World Religious Traditions

They’re Alive! Megalithic Sites Are More than Just Stone

The Legendary Hyperborea and the Ancient Greeks: Who Really Discovered America?

Astonishing Human Heads: Do Satellite Photographs Now Prove Existence of Humans on Antarctica…6000 Years Ago? – Part I

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Skulls

Caribbean Island Skull Reveals Evidence of Old World Leprosy, Study

‘Oldest’ British Skull Revealed to be Decapitated Woman from Norman Conquest

New Kind of Neolithic Age Human Burial Ritual Found in Spanish Cave

Recreating The Faces Of Two Scythian Empire Rulers With High Tech

Earliest Evidence of Hardcore Horseback Riding in China

Elongated Skulls Found in Completely New Region of Peru

This is What a Man from the Tomb of Sunken Skulls Looked Like

De-faced Skulls and Babies Were Buried in Viking Homes

Skeletons in the Closet: Walls of Bones Discovered Beneath Cathedral

First Americans Were More Diverse Than Thought

Scientists Suggest Columbus' Caribbean Cannibals Might Be True

Niah National Park, Where the Caves Continue to Give 40 Thousand Years On

Ecuadorian Infants Discovered Wearing Child Skull ‘Helmets’

Was Göbeklitepe An Ancient Temple of Sacrifice?

Maya Sacrificial Victims Were Likely Young, Foreign and Skinned Alive

The Dark Underworld of the Paris Catacombs

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