Very little is known about funerary practices in Iron Age Britain, since few human remains have survived. However, the environment in northwest Scotland is more conducive to preserving bone from that ...
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An Iron Age Scottish woman likely had her brains scooped out after she died as part of her burial, according to a new study that sheds further light on the complex funerary rites of this prehistoric ...
The first feature from animator Louis Clichy, who worked on Pixar hits 'Wall-E' and 'Up', was bought by Sony Pictures Classics following its premiere in Cannes. By Jordan Mintzer Growing up on a ...
Archaeologists have discovered four-wheeled wagons — the first such discovery in Great Britain. The researchers announced their findings in the journal Antiquity on March 17. The vehicle remnants were ...
Archaeologists have discovered four-wheeled wagons — the first such discovery in Great Britain. The researchers announced their findings in the journal Antiquity on March 17. The vehicle remnants were ...
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A mass grave from roughly 3,000 years ago in what is now Serbia is filled with the remains of women and children and may indicate they were targeted for organized slaughter. The 9th century B.C.
Women and children may have been deliberately targeted in one of the largest prehistoric mass killings discovered in Europe. Buried together in one grave more than 2800 years ago, most of the 77 ...
Workers installing a new sewer line in Scotland unexpectedly uncovered ancient human remains, as well as evidence of a much older settlement. The burial site dates back to the 6th century A.D., ...