Roman baby burial challenges “Unceremonious Disposal” dogma
Archeologists digging at France’s Clermont-Ferrand Airport have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old, upper-class, Roman baby and his pet dog. This rare Roman baby burial discovery further…
Archaeologists are “astounded” by the discovery of an 800-year-old mummy in Peru
Scholars are studying the remains in hopes of learning more about the Indigenous peoples who lived in the region prior to the rise of the Inca Empire….
Discovering the Mysteries of Dutch Mass Graves: “Skeletons Are British Soldiers”
In 2020 construction workers in the Netherlands made a gruesome discovery. While working in the city of Vianen they came across an enigmatic mass burial. Were the…
“Secrets “of South American mummies are revealed by decoding DNA stored in lice glue
Remarkable samples from an ancient culture offer scientists a promising new way to study the past. Anyone who has ever peered through a magnifying glass and struggled…
The Mysteries of the Inca Ice Fairy’s Sacrifice in Peru – “Juanita Mummy”
Momia Juanita (‘Mummy Juanita’) is the name given to the mummy of a 15th century Incan girl who was discovered in Peru in 1995. She is known…
Unexpectedly, the oldest mummy in the world, dating back 8,000 years, was discovered in an unusual locale
For a long time, it was thought that the world’s oldest mummies were located in Egypt, but this discovery has completely ‘smashed’ that thought! In mid-March, Live…
“New skeleton” discovered in Pompeii demonstrates the use of Greek in the ancient metropolis
Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the cultural life of…
“The Princess Mummy” Mysteries of the Persian King Xerxes of the Achaemenid Period, 5th century B.C
In March 2000, Amanollah Riggi of New Jersey sent Oscar Muscarella from New York’s Metropolitan Museum 4 Polaroid photographs of what appeared to be a mummy, together…
European Mummies Discovered in the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
The discovery of European-type corpses thousands of kilometers away provides a glimpse of the existence of a hitherto unknown link between East and West in the Bronze…
A mummy has been discovered inside a 1,000-year-old ancient Chinese statue
The mummified remains of a monk have been revealed inside a nearly 1,000-year old Chinese statue of a Buddha. The mummy inside the gold-painted papier-mâché statue is…