Human bones preserve evidence of injuries, violence, medical intervention, and intentional body modification. Cut marks, healed fractures, cranial shaping, and dental alteration allow osteologists to ...

Toxii, a 31 year old body modification enthusiast, embarked on her transformation journey just four years ago. She has since undergone numerous procedures, some so radical that they required ...

Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...