Enlarge / X-ray image of the mysterious fetus found in the coffin of the 17th-century Swedish Bishop Peder Winstrup. Gunnar Menander reader comments 16 with 10 posters participating Share this story When Swedish archaeologists in 2015 X-rayed the remains of a 17th-century bishop, they were shocked when the images revealed that the bishop shared his ..
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reader comments 48 with 33 posters participating Share this story Archaeologists working near the small Croatian village of Potočani made a grim discovery in 2007. In a shallow pit, just a meter deep and two meters wide, they found the jumbled bones of at least 41 people. Radiocarbon dating on several of the bones revealed ..
Enlarge / Fire. reader comments 25 with 14 posters participating Share this story A cremation pit recently unearthed at Beisamoun, just north of the Sea of Galilee, contained the burned remains of a person who died sometime between 7013 and 6700 BCE (according to radiocarbon dating). The person’s name and story are lost to us, ..
Enlarge / The 19th century grave of “JB55” in Griswold, Connecticut, showing the remains arranged in a manner to prevent the “vampire” from rising and “feeding” off the community. The man is likely local laborer John Barber. Connecticut Office of State Archaeology reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story Back in 1990, ..
Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences reader comments 41 with 32 posters participating Share this story Archaeologists excavated part of the old city center of Yaroslavl, Russia, between 2005 and 2010 as part of an effort to restore its cathedral. During the digs, they discovered nine medieval mass graves holding the remains of at ..