Enlarge / Three female skeletons found in a Neolithic storage pit in France show signs of ritualistic human sacrifice. . Beeching/Ludes et al., 2024 reader comments 40 Archaeologists have discovered the remains of two women in a Neolithic tomb in France, with the positioning of the bodies suggesting they may have been ritualistically murdered by ..
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Enlarge / The Notre-Dame de Paris has been under restoration since a devastating fire destroyed the main spire and roof in April 2019. reader comments 48 There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of ..
Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority reader comments 102 There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science story that fell through the cracks in 2020, each day from December 25 through January ..
Enlarge / The final approximation of the Incan girl dubbed “Juanita” wearing clothing similar to what she was wearing when she died. Dagmara Socha reader comments 32 There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series ..
Enlarge / One of the limestone canopic jars that once held mummified organs of the Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay (c. 1450 BCE). Museum August Kestner, Hannover/Christian Tepper reader comments 10 with Trying to re-create the scents and smells of the past is a daunting challenge, given the ephemeral nature of these olfactory cues. Now scientists have ..
Enlarge / (left) Skull of teenage girl from 7th century CE. (right) Facial reconstruction as she might have looked in life. University of Cambridge Archaeological Unit/Hew Morrison ©2023 reader comments 36 with Earlier this week, archaeologists unveiled the facial reconstruction of the remains of a seventh-century CE Anglo-Saxon teenage girl found in a rare “bed ..
Enlarge / Two Bronze Age skeletons (brothers) were found at Tel Megiddo in Israel. One showed evidence of trepanation. reader comments 11 with Share this story Just a couple of weeks ago, we reported that scientists had analyzed the skull of a medieval woman who once lived in central Italy and found evidence that she ..
Enlarge / Scientists used neutron tomography to peer inside a medieval pendant, revealing five reliquary packages. Sabine Steidl, RGZM/Burkhard Schillinger, MLZ reader comments 19 with 0 posters participating Share this story In 2008, archaeologists excavating a medieval refuse pit in Mainz, Germany, discovered a heavily corroded pendant likely made in the late 12th century. But ..
Enlarge / A new analysis of ancient Roman concrete samples from the Privernum site yields fresh insights into manufacturing process. reader comments 39 with 0 posters participating Share this story The famous Pantheon in Rome boasts the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome—an architectural marvel that has endured for millennia, thanks to the incredible durability of ..
Enlarge / Effigy of Edward of Woodstock, aka the Black Prince, in Canterbury Cathedral. reader comments 50 with 0 posters participating Share this story There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting ..