An analysis of previous sacrifices at the same site suggests the victims were conquered people brought to work on the land. A 700-year-old burial …
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Gruesome Discoveries: Recently Unearthed Artifacts Reveal Our Dark Past
A 700-year-old burial mound containing the remains of 76 sacrificed children and two adults — all of whom had their chests cut open — has been found in Peru.
Archaeologists have found the skeletons of a man and a woman, along with their valuables, in a room in Pompeii. Archaeologists have found the skeletal …
The foot, boot and sock thought to belong to Sandy Irvine, who disappeared during George Mallory's 1924 expedition to climb Mount Everest, have …
At an Iron Age cemetery in Sweden, archaeologists discovered an unusual grave of a woman interred with an iron folding knife stuck into her …
For thousands of years, people in Taiwan pulled out healthy teeth. Now we know why they underwent this painful procedure. Archaeologists now have a …