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Study Finds Likely Post‑Mortem Brain Removal and Ritual Bone Work in Iron Age Scottish Burial

The findings reshape understanding of Iron Age mortuary care by suggesting deliberate post‑mortem handling of bodies despite ongoing scholarly debate.

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3mo ago

Iliad Fragment Inside Roman-Era Mummy Marks First Known Use of Greek Literature in Mummification

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Papyrus of Homer's Iliad Found Inside Mummy in Roman-Era Tomb at Oxyrhynchus

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Study Recasts 2,800-Year-Old Serbian Mass Grave as Targeted Killing of Women and Children

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5mo ago

Study Recasts Serbian Iron Age Mass Grave as Targeted Massacre

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5mo ago

Study Uncovers 2,800-Year-Old Massacre in Serbia That Targeted Women and Children

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5mo ago

Study Identifies Seven Men in Croatian Well as Likely Roman Soldiers From A.D. 260 Clash

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10mo ago

Stone Age Burials Show Women and Children Interred With Tools as Often as Men

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11mo ago

Isotope Study Links 6,000-Year-Old Alsace ‘Victory’ Burials to Outsider Victims

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last yr.

Conservation Reveals Likely Remains of Otto the Great at Magdeburg Cathedral

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last yr.

1,000-Year-Old Chancay Mummy Discovered by Pipeline Workers in Lima

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last yr.

10th-Century Viking Woman Unearthed in Elite Boat Burial on Senja Island

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last yr.

Mass Grave of Roman Soldiers Uncovered in Vienna Offers Rare Glimpse into Ancient Warfare

8 ARTICLES

last yr.

Archaeologists Discover Long-Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II

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last yr.

Archaeologists Uncover Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Thutmosis II in Egypt

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last yr.

4,000-Year-Old Massacre in Britain Reveals Unprecedented Bronze Age Violence

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last yr.

Ancient Fire and Violence Offer Clues to Lives of Neolithic Ukrainians

Bioarchaeology

Study Finds Likely Post‑Mortem Brain Removal and Ritual Bone Work in Iron Age Scottish Burial

Iliad Fragment Inside Roman-Era Mummy Marks First Known Use of Greek Literature in Mummification

Papyrus of Homer's Iliad Found Inside Mummy in Roman-Era Tomb at Oxyrhynchus

Study Recasts 2,800-Year-Old Serbian Mass Grave as Targeted Killing of Women and Children

Study Recasts Serbian Iron Age Mass Grave as Targeted Massacre

Study Uncovers 2,800-Year-Old Massacre in Serbia That Targeted Women and Children

Cambridge Students Unearth Possible Early Medieval Execution Pit at Wandlebury

Leipzig Team Pinpoints Possible Black Death Mass Grave Near Erfurt

Study Finds Roman Rule Hurt Health in British Cities, Not the Countryside

Study Identifies Seven Men in Croatian Well as Likely Roman Soldiers From A.D. 260 Clash

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Stone Age Burials Show Women and Children Interred With Tools as Often as Men

Isotope Study Links 6,000-Year-Old Alsace ‘Victory’ Burials to Outsider Victims

Conservation Reveals Likely Remains of Otto the Great at Magdeburg Cathedral

1,000-Year-Old Chancay Mummy Discovered by Pipeline Workers in Lima

10th-Century Viking Woman Unearthed in Elite Boat Burial on Senja Island

Mass Grave of Roman Soldiers Uncovered in Vienna Offers Rare Glimpse into Ancient Warfare

Archaeologists Discover Long-Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II

Archaeologists Uncover Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Thutmosis II in Egypt

4,000-Year-Old Massacre in Britain Reveals Unprecedented Bronze Age Violence

Ancient Fire and Violence Offer Clues to Lives of Neolithic Ukrainians

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