4000-Year-Old Skulls With Tiny Cut Marks Reveal How Ancient Egyptians Attempted To Treat Cancer With Surgical Intervention

Medicine & Technology May 29, 2024

Ancient Egyptians attempted to treat cancer with surgical intervention. Continue reading to know the full story.

Distorted Skulls and Evidences of Ritual Beheadings Discovered in 2,000-Year-Old Maya Burial in Mexico

Aug 25, 2023

Archeologists found beheaded individuals buried in Maya pyramid, showing evidence of sacrificial rituals. Find out more about it in this article.

Japan's Ancient Indigenous Group Hirota Practiced Skull Deformation for Centuries, Study Reveals

Aug 17, 2023

Skull deformation is a global cultural phenomenon in ancient times, and DNA analysis confirmed Japan's indigenous group Hirota also engaged in this kind of activity. Continue reading to learn more.

'Geek Week' at Sotheby's: Ex-Astronaut's Felt-Tip Pen Used to Get Back from The Moon Auctioned Along with Fossilized Dinosaur Remains, Meteorites, Among Others

Jul 25, 2022

Sotheby’s auction week features an ex-astronaut’s felt-tip pen, fossilized remnants, and meteorites auctioned for millions of dollars. Read to know more.

Can Dinosaur Skulls Tell Us Just What They Ate and How?

Apr 29, 2015

With recent archaeological findings proving that researchers may not know as much about prehistoric life as they once thought, researchers with the American Museum of Natural History are taking another look at interpreting the diets of long-extinct animals, and what they’re finding points to finding the source of a prehistoric diet. Though teeth shape has been used for decades as a primary indicator as to the dietary habits of a fossilized subject, in a new study published today in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers are now saying that skull shape and ancestral lineages, both before and after extinction events, may serve as a proxy for what these animals truly once ate.