In Sweden, an eight-year-old girl discovers a 1,500-year-old sword in a lake
History and ArcheoloryA new discovery was made recently in the Vidöstern lake from the Jonkoping County in Sweden by an eight-year-old girl. While she was swimming in the lake near her family’s summer home she was throwing around sticks and stones as any child would, when she noticed a very strange looking stick. After picking it up…
6,000-year-old skull found in cave in Taiwan possibly confirms legend of Indigenous tribe
History and ArcheoloryA team of researchers with members from Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam found a 6,000-year-old skull and femur bones in a cave in a mountainous part of Taiwan that might prove the existence of an ancient Indigenous tribe. In their paper published in the journal World Archaeology, the group describes the skull, where it was found and…
Joyce Carol Vincent – The woman whose skeleton was found 3 years after her death in a London flat!
History and ArcheoloryOn January 25, 2006, a 38-year-old woman named Joyce Carol Vincent was found in her London Flat, skeletonized, after almost three years of being dead. In a corner of the room, the television set was still on, tuned to BBC1. Joyce had resigned from her job in 2001, and moved into a shelter for victims…
Scientists to recreate 2,300 year old brain surgery after finding evidence of successful operations
History and ArcheoloryDid ancient Siberians know about the Hippocratic teachings of Ancient Greece? And if so, how? Scythian dentist at work. Electrum vase from Kul-Oba burial. Picture: Pinterest.com Neurosurgeons are working with anthropologists and archeologists to recreate the surgical techniques of our ancestors. This follows the discovery of two ancient skulls showing clear evidence of recovery after trepanation…
Ancient Giant Human Skeleton. Unusually Large Remains, Allegedly Scientists Have Discovered In Bulgaria
History and ArcheoloryAccording to ancient legends once he walked the Earth giant race of people who built the giant pyramids and buildings as a divine temples. Their existence also tells the story of David and Goliath and countless fairy tales. The mystery is why these people died out. Unusually large remains, allegedly scientists have discovered in Bulgaria,…
Scans Reveal Cruelty Behind Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies
History and ArcheoloryAncient Egypt is famous for its mummies of pharaohs, however, the ancient Egyptians mummified animals as well as people. New non-invasive technology has been used to digitally unwrap three animal mummies in Britain. This has provided new insights into the dark secrets of the ancient Egyptian practice of animal mummification. The three animal mummies that…
The Mystery of the Screaming Mummy
History and ArcheoloryMummification in ancient Egypt was performed using clearly defined routines and religious rituals. However, an unidentified mummy found in 1881 had not been prepared in accordance with custom. What is more, when his body was unwrapped in 1886, archeologists found themselves confronted with the horrific, gaping maw of a face contorted in a scream. In…
Human skeletons found in ancient port city
History and ArcheolorySkeletons of four humans, one of which is a baby, have been found in an area which is believed to be a colonnaded street, during the excavations in the ancient port city “Anemurium” in the southern province of Mersin. The team was excited by the fact that the baby skeleton was buried in an amphora.…
Archaeology news: ‘Mystery’ pit skeleton discovered among UK Bronze Age burial items
History and ArcheoloryARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered “mystery” human remains at a dig in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire. The skeleton was found appearing to lean on the sides of a pit with legs outstretched. Archaeology experts described finding the skeleton “just lying in the bottom” of the two metre-deep pit during an excavation at Whittington Way. Bronze Age and Roman…
4 Aztec child burials unearthed in Mexico and dated to the Early Colonial period may be indicators of Aztec resistance
History and ArcheoloryDuring an archaeological rescue effort in Mexico City’s historic central district of La Lagunilla, the remains of an Aztec house and the burial place of four Aztec children from the Early Colonial period (1521-1620) were unearthed. Excavations also uncovered pre-Hispanic objects largely intact centuries later, including clay vases, ceramic pots, and a stone figure of…