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Neanderthals turned overlooked bone fragments into tools for sharpening, scraping and wedging

Bronze Age potters in Arabia built a recognizable brand 3,200 years ago

The Princess of Bagicz may have been buried around 120 AD, not a century earlier

77 of 78 people buried at a 7,000-year-old settlement were missing their skulls

Her grave was reopened while her body was still intact, apparently to prevent her return from the dead

Mesolithic skulls found underwater show repeated head injuries and strange postmortem treatment

A 2,000-year-old girl’s mummy emerges from a Siberian reservoir after decades underwater

Four families were buried together after a violent attack nearly 5,000 years ago

The oldest known identical twins were buried together 30,000 years ago

The first known canoe burial in Argentine Patagonia belonged to a young woman

For some Romans, the meat buried with them matched what they ate in life

Roman-era mourners surrounded cremated remains with bent nails to keep the dead from returning

This three-month-old was buried beneath a medieval brothel, but evidence points away from infanticide

One prehistoric fetus was buried with animal remains while another received no grave goods

Ancient DNA uncovers a mother-son burial and an aunt-niece burial 500 kilometers apart

A near-term infant was buried beneath the floor of a Roman military workshop

Two infants were buried together in an abandoned Roman toilet more than 1,000 years ago

Bronze Age Greeks wore meteorite iron rings as symbols of elite status

Blood may have helped ancient Chinese cliff paintings survive for 2,000 years

Tiny brass droplets push the history of brass-making in China back 600 years