The scent of a mummy: Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice
Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and ...
Commentary: Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights
Since the passing of the National Museum of the American Indian Act in 1989 and the Native American Graves Protection and ...
WCU students aid in recovery of human remains in Cherokee County
Western Carolina University students helped in the recovery of some of the human material vital to a Cherokee County ...
This River Is Filled With Human Bones but No One Knows Exactly Why
These bloody words were written by 19th-Century antiquarian H.S. Cuming in On the discovery of Celtic crania in the vicinity ...
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Evidence of cannibalism 18,000 years ago
An international research team has gained new insights into the burial rituals of Late Ice Age societies in Central Europe. Signs of human remains from the Maszycka Cave in southern Poland being ...
Berkeley 21-year-old who went missing on Halloween in 1989 identified from remains in Placer County
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has identified the remains of a Berkeley woman more than three decades after they were found in Colfax.
8 Ancient Archaeological Sites That Pre-Date the Clovis People
Archaeologists used to think that the Clovis people were the first inhabitants of the Americas some 13,500 years ago. The ...
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Butchered Human Remains Found in a Polish Cave Suggest These Prehistoric People Cannibalized Their Enemies
Archaeologists in Poland have discovered widespread evidence of cannibalism among prehistoric humans who gathered in Maszycka ...
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The Search to Find the Remains of Homo Erectus in a Vanishing Landscape
A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...
Remains recovered of all 67 victims of deadly midair collision near Washington
As a salvage team continues to work in cold winter conditions to lift debris from the frigid water, key questions into the ...
Salvage crews remove large portion of commercial jet from river after deadly air collision near DC
Salvage crews have removed a large portion of a commercial jet from the Potomac River near Washington’s Reagan National ...