Solving the mysteries of Palermo’s child mummies
The first ever comprehensive study of mummified children in Sicily’s famous Capuchin Catacombs is being led by Staffordshire University.
Face to face with the prehistoric inhabitants of El Argar
Our faces contain information about our family history and lifestyle. For example, certain facial traits can be passed down from parents to children for generations.
Burial pit in cave contains individuals that practised body modification
Archaeologists excavating in Iroungou, a cave in Ngounié Province of Gaban have discovered thousands of pre-colonial human remains, consisting of at least 28 identified individuals.
3,000-year-old shark attack victim found by Oxford-led researchers
Newspapers regularly carry stories of terrifying shark attacks, but in a paper published today, Oxford-led researchers reveal their discovery of a 3,000-year-old victim - attacked by a shark in the Seto Inland Sea of the Japanese archipelago.
Jebel Sahaba: A succession of violence rather than a prehistoric war
Since its discovery in the 1960s, the Jebel Sahaba cemetery in the Nile Valley of the Sudan was considered to be one of the oldest testimonies to prehistoric warfare.
Forensic archaeologists begin to recover Spanish Civil War missing bodies
Forensic archaeologists and anthropologists from Cranfield University have started to recover the bodies of victims executed by the Franco regime at the end of the Spanish Civil War during an excavation in the Ciudad Real region of Spain.
The oldest human burial in Africa
Despite being home to the earliest signs of modern human behaviour, early evidence of burials in Africa are scarce and often ambiguous.
First pregnant Ancient Egyptian mummy revealed by study
The first known case of a pregnant Ancient Egyptian mummy has been revealed by researchers from the Warsaw Mummy Project.
New results about the diets of people who lived on the Great Hungarian Plain
The lifestyle and eating habits of human groups that have lived for thousands of years can be examined by tooth.
Ancient Maya Ambassador’s Bones Show Life of Privilege and Hardship
An important Maya man buried nearly 1,300 years ago led a privileged yet difficult life. The man, a diplomat named Ajpach' Waal, suffered malnutrition or illness as a child, but as an adult he helped negotiate an alliance between two powerful dynasties that ultimately failed.
Sycthian Warriors Stayed Local
As far back as the Greek historian Herodotus, a group of people called the Scythians were considered highly mobile warrior nomads.
Oldest Documented Site of Indiscriminate Mass Killing Revealed in Research
In previous research, ancient massacre sites found men who died while pitted in battle or discovered executions of targeted families.
CT Scans Reveals Pharaoh Seqenenre-Taa-II was Executed by Multiple Attackers
Modern medical technology is helping scholars tell a more nuanced story about the fate of an ancient king whose violent death indirectly led to the reunification of Egypt in the 16th century BC.
New Study Uncovers Rare “Mud Carapace” Mortuary Treatment of Egyptian Mummy
New analysis of a 20th Dynasty mummified individual reveals her rare mud carapace, according to a study by Karin Sowada from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, and colleagues.
Study Suggests Environmental Factors Had a Role in the Evolution of Human Tolerance
Environmental pressures may have led humans to become more tolerant and friendly towards each other as the need to share food and raw materials became mutually beneficial, a new study suggests.
