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Bones Of 37 People Found In A Giant Stone Jar Points To A Mysterious Burial Ritual In The JungleSite 75, a giant jar filled with dozens of human remains, viewed from above during excavations.

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Bones Of 37 People Found In A Giant Stone Jar Points To A Mysterious Burial Ritual In The JungleSite 75, a giant jar filled with dozens of human remains, viewed from above during excavations.
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Bones Of 37 People Found In A Giant Stone Jar Points To A Mysterious Burial Ritual In The Jungle

clock-iconMay 20, 2026

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Pioneering “Pregnancy Test” Could Identify Hormones In Skeletons Over 1,000 Years OldAncient human burial

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Pioneering “Pregnancy Test” Could Identify Hormones In Skeletons Over 1,000 Years OldAncient human burial
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Pioneering “Pregnancy Test” Could Identify Hormones In Skeletons Over 1,000 Years Old

clock-iconOctober 15, 2025
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Why Human Remains Are Rarely Found Inside The Pyramids Of Ancient EgyptA historical photograph of Egyptian Pyramids, taken from a collection spanning 1950 to 2005.

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Why Human Remains Are Rarely Found Inside The Pyramids Of Ancient EgyptA historical photograph of Egyptian Pyramids, taken from a collection spanning 1950 to 2005.
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Why Human Remains Are Rarely Found Inside The Pyramids Of Ancient Egypt

clock-iconMay 26, 2025
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A Pit With 37 Headless Skeletons Raises Questions: Something Strange Went Down HereThe skeletons lay jumbled and in different positions on an area of 15 square metres.

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A Pit With 37 Headless Skeletons Raises Questions: Something Strange Went Down HereThe skeletons lay jumbled and in different positions on an area of 15 square metres.
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A Pit With 37 Headless Skeletons Raises Questions: Something Strange Went Down Here

clock-iconApril 24, 2025
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The Dead Beneath Our Feet – 3 Times We Stumbled Upon Burial Sites In Surprising PlacesCollection of skulls in dark catacombs

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The Dead Beneath Our Feet – 3 Times We Stumbled Upon Burial Sites In Surprising PlacesCollection of skulls in dark catacombs
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The Dead Beneath Our Feet – 3 Times We Stumbled Upon Burial Sites In Surprising Places

clock-iconMarch 17, 2025
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Chained-Up Nun’s Skeleton Confirms Byzantine Women Practiced Extreme Self-TortureGrave of ascetic nun

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Chained-Up Nun’s Skeleton Confirms Byzantine Women Practiced Extreme Self-TortureGrave of ascetic nun
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Chained-Up Nun’s Skeleton Confirms Byzantine Women Practiced Extreme Self-Torture

clock-iconMarch 10, 2025
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How Many Ribs Do Humans Have?An anatomical drawing of a human from On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books by Andreas Vesalius.

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How Many Ribs Do Humans Have?An anatomical drawing of a human from On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books by Andreas Vesalius.
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How Many Ribs Do Humans Have?

clock-iconOctober 25, 2024
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What Are The Strongest Bones In The Animal Kingdom?orange guinea pig with its front paws on a small black dumbbell, on a red surface

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What Are The Strongest Bones In The Animal Kingdom?orange guinea pig with its front paws on a small black dumbbell, on a red surface
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What Are The Strongest Bones In The Animal Kingdom?

clock-iconAugust 9, 2024
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Ancient Egyptian Scribes Had The Same Bad Posture As YouStatues depicting the high dignitary Nefer and his wife (Abusir, Egypt).

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Ancient Egyptian Scribes Had The Same Bad Posture As YouStatues depicting the high dignitary Nefer and his wife (Abusir, Egypt).
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Ancient Egyptian Scribes Had The Same Bad Posture As You

clock-iconJuly 2, 2024
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Lovelock Cave: Where Legends Of Redheaded Giant Cannibals Refuse To DieAn entrance to the rock shelter Cave in Lovelock Nevada.

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Lovelock Cave: Where Legends Of Redheaded Giant Cannibals Refuse To DieAn entrance to the rock shelter Cave in Lovelock Nevada.
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Lovelock Cave: Where Legends Of Redheaded Giant Cannibals Refuse To Die

clock-iconMarch 20, 2024
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Once Assumed To Be Male, This Ancient Leader Was Actually The "Ivory Lady"An artist's impression of drawing of ‘The Ivory Lady’ holding court in Copper Age Europe.

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Once Assumed To Be Male, This Ancient Leader Was Actually The "Ivory Lady"An artist's impression of drawing of ‘The Ivory Lady’ holding court in Copper Age Europe.
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Once Assumed To Be Male, This Ancient Leader Was Actually The "Ivory Lady"

clock-iconJuly 6, 2023
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Skeletons Of Two Women And Child Are Newest Victims Found At PompeiiOne of the three skeletons recently discovered at Pompeii.

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Skeletons Of Two Women And Child Are Newest Victims Found At PompeiiOne of the three skeletons recently discovered at Pompeii.
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Skeletons Of Two Women And Child Are Newest Victims Found At Pompeii

clock-iconMay 29, 2023
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5,000-Year-Old Skeletons Show Earliest Evidence Of Horseback RidingYamnaya horse rider skeleton

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5,000-Year-Old Skeletons Show Earliest Evidence Of Horseback RidingYamnaya horse rider skeleton
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5,000-Year-Old Skeletons Show Earliest Evidence Of Horseback Riding

clock-iconMarch 3, 2023
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Earliest Evidence Of Bronze Age Brain Surgery Discovered In IsraelBronze Age trephination skeleton

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Earliest Evidence Of Bronze Age Brain Surgery Discovered In IsraelBronze Age trephination skeleton
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Earliest Evidence Of Bronze Age Brain Surgery Discovered In Israel

clock-iconFebruary 22, 2023
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A Massacre Or Something Stranger? 37 Headless Skeletons Raise QuestionsArcheologists excavating a pit filled with 37 headless skeletons in Slovakia.

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A Massacre Or Something Stranger? 37 Headless Skeletons Raise QuestionsArcheologists excavating a pit filled with 37 headless skeletons in Slovakia.
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A Massacre Or Something Stranger? 37 Headless Skeletons Raise Questions

clock-iconJanuary 16, 2023
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