Last month, the Wall Street Journal ran a review of Bill Schutt’s book Cannibalism. The reviewer, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, starts his review by pointing out two little known facts about the practice: that it has, in fact, been commonplace throughout human… Continue Reading
The New York Times Sunday Magazine just published a fascinating, multi-layered piece that starts by examining current scientific views on Homo Neanderthalensis and ongoing research into these being’s morphology, evolution, history, cultural achievements and relationship to Homo Sapiens. But author… Continue Reading
A 2,000-year-old pet cemetery has been discovered near a trash heap at the archaeological site of Berenike, a remote Roman port town on the Red Sea. The remains of dogs, monkeys, and cats have been unearthed. Some of the carcasses… Continue Reading
Seven hundred and two years ago Robert the Bruce defeated the forces of the English monarch Edward II, leading to Scottish independence. Interest in Robert the Bruce has only increased through the years. Researchers from the University of Glasgow and… Continue Reading
A report in TheWashington Post suggests that the early human ancestor Australopithecus afarensis, which had hips, feet, and legs suitable for walking, and ape-like long arms with curved fingers, probably spent a significant amount of time in trees. Biological anthropologist… Continue Reading
Western Digs reports that Mark Chenault of Westland Resources found a cache of clay figurines at a pre-contact village site in the Sonoran Desert. Only a few similar objects have been found in the Southwest. It had been proposed that… Continue Reading
An excavation on a hilltop on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu has found evidence of a seventh-century fortification, complete with castles and large-scale earthworks, according to a report in The Asahi Shimbun. The site is thought to have been part… Continue Reading
A shrine to a Viking king who was sainted has been discovered in Trondheim, according to a report in Live Science. Researchers from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage believe they have unearthed the stone foundations of a wooden church… Continue Reading
Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe is part of the original settlement of the Pilgrims who arrived at Plymouth in 1620, The Boston Globe reports. A team from the University of Massachusetts Boston excavated a seventeenth-century trash pit at Burial… Continue Reading
One of the more famed attractions of Philadlephia, PA – among those of a, ahem, “certain disposition” is the Mutter Museum. This was established as a medical research facilty WAY back in the day and thus if filled with skulls… Continue Reading