Current analysis reveals that human brains can survive for an astonishingly very long time, with some specimens enduring for as much as 12,000 years. Alexandra L. Morton-Hayward, a forensic anthropologist on the College of Oxford, led a research that uncovered over 4,400 cases of preserved human brains throughout numerous archaeological websites. This discovering challenges the … Read more
Archaeologists have uncovered the stays of a person and a girl in Pompeii, offering new insights into the tragic occasions of the town’s destruction throughout the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The 2 skeletons, present in a small room, supply a stark view of the final moments of those people as they confronted … Read more
Archaeologists have made a major discovery in Lake Bolsena, central Italy — a 3,000-year-old clay figurine — believed to characterize an historical goddess. This artifact was discovered submerged within the volcanic lake, which holds the stays of an early Iron Age village from across the 10th or ninth century B.C. The figurine, measuring roughly 6 inches … Read more