Ancient Enigma: Egyptian Mummy Unveils Mortuary Ritual Evolution
An ancient Egyptian mummy found with an intact brain, but no heart, has a plaque on her abdomen that may have been intended to ritually heal her, say a team of researchers who examined the female body…
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Journey to the Unknown: Exploring the Paracas Mummy and the Intricacies of the Funerary Bundle Chart
The Paracas Peninsula of Peru holds a cryptic secret within its ancient sands – the Paracas Mummy, an archaeological enigma that has puzzled researchers for decades. This mummy, unlike the…
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Sahara’s Secrets Revealed: Archaeologists Unearth Colossal Skeleton in Jaw-Dropping Discovery
Archaeologists have uncovered 20 Stone-Age skeletons in and around a rock shelter in Libya’s Sahara desert, according to a new study. The skeletons date between 8,000 and 4,200 years ago, meaning the…
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Inspiring Public Interest in Paleontology Through a 65-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skull!
As a child, Harrison Duran would visit the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, captivated by the fossils preserved in asphalt. Now 23, Duran is responsible for his own fossil discovery: the 65-million…
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Cryptic Discovery: Unlocking the Secrets of the 200-Year-Old Tiny Coffins atop Arthur’s Seat
It’s one of the most astonishing mysteries ever discovered in Scotland, and almost 200 years on, we are still no closer to solving it. In June 1836, five young schoolboys were out hunting for rabbits…
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Unlocking Viking-Era Secrets: Archaeologists Illuminate Ancient Wisdom at Burial Site
Archaeologists from Archaeological Institute of Arkeologerna have uncovered two Viking Age swords during excavations in Västmanland, outside of Köping, Sweden. The swords were discovered during…
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Cradle of Mystery: Ancient Mother and Child’s Elongated Heads Illuminate a Puzzling Culture
Many of you will already be acquainted with the elongated skulls of Paracas Peru. It has recently been revealed through DNA tests that 4 of the Paracas contain ancestry which would not have been the…
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Archaeological Marvel: Gallo-Roman Horse and Human Remains Discovered in Evreux
A team from the Institut National d’archéologie preventive (Inrap) has discovered a mortuary practice hitherto unknown in Roman Gaul. The archaeologists are working in an area of 200m2 intended for…
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Time-Traveling with the Barnum Mummy: Exploring the Ancient Servant’s 4,000-Year Journey
Like many of the other mummies I’ve talked about, there is very little known about this mummy. This is especially so, because this poor woman is not in her own coffin. We know that this woman most…
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Unveiling Secrets of Cheia: Ancient Barrow Yields 2,000-Year-Old Robbers’ Ritual with Wolf Skull Guardian
The range of the studied burial mound in Cheia, Dobrogea. A wolf skull was supposed to protect robbers from the revenge of the spirit of the deceased buried in a great mound 2,000 years ago.…
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