Researchers have been searching the grounds of the Hungarian fortress of Sziget, in Szigetvár, Hungary, for Suleiman the Magnificent‘s heart, This week, on September 20th, the team will publish a report on the location of the heart of one of… Read More ›
News
Forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, and forensic science in the news.
University of North Texas’s Center for Human Identification to help ID Dozier Remains
The Daily Beast has a great article, written by Christine Pelisek, about next steps in the identification process of the Dozier remains. Pelisek also has some touching interviews with a survivor of Dozier and a relative of the one of… Read More ›
[UPDATE] ‘Vampire’ Burial at the Perperikon Site in Bulgaria
Here is a photo of the most recent Bulgarian ‘vampire’ burial. I didn’t have any pics of this grave when I wrote about this a little over week ago. Here’s one of the pics, you can see the metal rod… Read More ›
Archaeological team to begin work at Southern Illinois cemetery
Williamson County Judge Brad Bleyer authorized a team, comprised of researchers from Eastern Illinois University and Southern Illinois University, to begin excavating at the Herrin City Cemetery in Southern Illinois. The research team hopes to locate and exhume the graves of… Read More ›
1400 year-old Mayan mass grave found, bones indicate decapitation and dismemberment
Researchers of the Department of Anthropology of the Americas at the University of Bonn, excavating in Mexico, have discovered a mass grave containing 24 people. The mass grave is located in an artificial cave in the Maya city of Uxul,… Read More ›
Ancient mass grave uncovered at Britain’s largest Iron Age hillfort
I wrote about this last week as a blurb in the Archaeology and Science Links on 09/02/13, with a link to the Phys.org article. I didn’t spend too much time on it then because there weren’t that many details published… Read More ›
Headless skeleton discovered in a well in a Roman Cemetery
Last week, This is Gloucestershire reported that Cotswold Archaeology discovered a skeleton at the bottom of a well at the center of the Roman cemetery in Gloucester. The find of the skeleton itself is not news worthy, because this archaeological… Read More ›
Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma: X-Rays of Attic Mummy Create More Questions Than Answers
Last month a boy in Kreiszeitung, Germany found a mummy in a hidden sarcophagus in his grandmother’s attic. Many thought at the time it was a hoax. These people maybe right, just not in the way they thought. The CT… Read More ›
First Phase of Exhumations Finished at Dozier on Tuesday
Dr. Erin Kimmerle and the anthropology team from the University of South Florida wrapped up the first phase of exhumations at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, FL. By the end of the day on Tuesday, the team of… Read More ›
Another vampire burial found in Bulgaria
Archaeologists working on Bulgaria’s Perperikon site have found a 700 year old grave. They believe the burial contains the remains of a male, about 35 to 40 years of age, who was impaled with a ploughshare through left side of… Read More ›
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