Grave robbers are usually a determined bunch, but for the past 3,400 years, unsavory burglars have managed to miss two ancient burial chambers just outside of Corinth, Greece. Source: https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-mycenaean-tombs-greece.html
Tag: Skeletons
86 Skeletons Unearthed from Hidden Medieval Graveyard in Wales
Archaeologists discovered dozens of bodies in coffin-like stone boxes called cists. Source: https://www.livescience.com/66104-medieval-cemetery-wales-skeletons.html
Fantastically Preserved Viking Boat Grave and Skeletons Unearthed in Sweden
The boat held the remains of a man, a horse and a dog. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65892-viking-burial-boats-discovered-sweden.html
Kindergarteners Stumbled Across This 5,600-Year-Old Burial Mound. Archaeologists Are Mystified.
Kindergartners can find some weird things at recess — like a 5,600-year-old buried mound full of ancient skeletons. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65578-kindergarteners-discover-creepy-french-burial-mound.html
Large Mound in Russia Reveals 2,500-Year-Old Skeletons of Elite Nomadic Tribesmen…And a Horse Head
A farmer in Russia noticed a bronze cauldron, which led to the discovery of the burials of elite Sarmatians in a town in Russia. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65498-ancient-russia-burials-elite-nomads.html
Photos: Ancient Burial of Elite Members of Nomadic Tribe
Archaeologists describe the burial of three skeletons from a nomadic tribe in what is today Russia. The remains date back 2,500 years. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65497-photos-ancient-burial-russia.html
Human history in your face
When you look in a mirror, the face you see is the result of millions of years of human evolution. Here’s an interview with an expert discussing how and why our modern human faces evolved to look as they do today. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/how-why-human-face-evolved-to-look-as-it-does-today…
He Listed a T. Rex Fossil on eBay for $2.95 Million. Scientists Weren’t Thrilled.
“I own this thing,” Alan Detrich recalled telling a museum director. “It is mine. I can do whatever I want.” Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/science/t-rex-skeleton-ebay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…