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Man charged with stealing 100 human skeletons in Pennsylvania
1-11-2026 |
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The man is thought to have been responsible for a lengthy spate of grave thefts from a historic burial ground.
New findings help to further cement Homo Naledi cave burial theory
VIDEO 9-16-2025 | 7
South Africa's Rising Star cave system is home to one of the most important discoveries in paleoanthropology.
Mystery of King Tutankhamun's untimely death may have been solved
4-13-2025 | 6
Scientists believe that they may have cracked the mystery of what caused the death of the young pharoah.
Over 1,400 mummies unearthed in ancient Egyptian 'City of the Dead'
6-28-2024 | 2
Archaeologists have discovered an extensive series of tombs and burials in the ancient Egyptian city of Aswan.
Mystery burials in Italy may be explained by fear of 'revenants'
2-8-2023 | 2
Archaeologists have shed possible new light on the nature of some enigmatic burials found in the ruins of a Roman villa.
New evidence points to presence of hidden chamber in King Tut's tomb
9-26-2022 | 3
Nicholas Reeves still believes that the entrance to Nefertiti's tomb lies somewhere within King Tut's burial chamber.
Female vampire found with sickle across her neck to stop her rising from the dead
9-5-2022 | 8
The 17th-Century burial was recently unearthed by archaeologists at a cemetery in Poland.
'Mermaid bed' found at site of 2,100-year-old burial in Greece
6-4-2022 | 2
Archaeologists have unearthed the skeleton of a woman who was buried on a bed adorned with images of mermaids.
Mystery of girl buried with bird in her mouth
6-14-2021 | 4
A young girl buried in a European cave centuries ago was discovered with the head of a finch in her mouth.
'Book of the Dead' scroll found in Saqqara
1-20-2021 | 0
Archaeologists excavating a burial shaft have unearthed a 13ft scroll inscribed with a chapter from the book.
100 intact sarcophagi unearthed near Cairo
VIDEO 11-15-2020 | 6
Egyptian authorities have revealed another significant discovery at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo.
Plague victim burials hint at 'zombie' fears
9-7-2020 | 2
New research suggests that some victims of the plague were buried face down to stop them rising from the dead.
1,000-year-old Viking boat discovered on island
5-31-2020 | 2
Officials have announced that the vessel was found at a burial site on the Norwegian island of Edoya.
Mystery as skeletons found with hands tied
2-3-2020 | 9
Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of over 40 skeletons in shallow graves at a building site in England.
Mummies of Egyptian high priests unearthed
2-1-2020 | 4
A huge burial ground filled with mummies and shabti figurines has been discovered at a site south of Cairo.
Ancient skeletons found wearing 'skull helmets'
11-18-2019 | 21
The skeletons of two infants unearthed in Ecuador were found to be wearing helmets made from other skulls.
Six-headed burial perplexes archaeologists
9-5-2019 | 10
Two warrior skeletons unearthed in Scotland had been buried together in a coffin alongside four other skulls.
UK's 'Tutankhamun' found behind supermarket
VIDEO 5-9-2019 | 3
Archaeologists have revealed the identify of the prince found within one of the UK's most intriguing burials.
Young 'vampire' found buried in Italian cemetery
10-13-2018 | 3
The skeletal remains of a child with a stone in its mouth point to an ancient form of ritualistic vampire burial.
Mystery ape discovered inside Chinese tomb
6-22-2018 | 7
The remains of an extinct species of ape have been found inside a 2,300-year-old burial chamber.
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