skeletons
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Trove Of Decapitated Skeletons In England Sparks Archaeological Mystery
Archaeologists are trying to figure out why so many bodies at a 1,700-year-old site in Suffolk, England, were buried alongside their decapitated heads.
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Greek Farmer Discovers 3400 Year-Old Tomb Beneath His Olive Grove
Unbeknownst to a Greek farmer, a 3400-year-old tomb containing two coffins and dozens of artefacts dating back to the Late Minoan era had been lying beneath his olive grove in southeast Crete.
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‘Alien’ Mummy Found In Atacama Desert Is Actually A Tiny, Mutated Human
Back in 2003, a strange skeleton was discovered in a deserted Chilean town in the Atacama Desert. Featuring an elongated skull, sunken eye sockets, and an impossibly tiny body, some suggested it was of extraterrestrial origin. An updated genetic analysis confirms the skeleton as being human — but with an unprecedented variety of mutations.
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Museum Finds Real Human Skull In 150-Year-Old Taxidermy Display
For more than a century, the taxidermy diorama “Arab Courier Attacked by Lions” has stood in Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Depicting a man on camelback fending off Barbary lions, the bizarre display has intrigued — and repulsed — generations of visitors. Throughout all those years, however, the piece managed to keep a disturbing…