#forensicarchaeology — Public Fediverse posts

“Screaming Woman” mummy may have died in agony 3,500 years ago, study finds - Enlarge / CT scans and other techniques allowed scientists to "virtuall... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2039947 #egyptianmummification #forensicarchaeology #screamingwomanmummy #paleoradiology #ancientegypt #archaeometry #archaeology #ctscanning #science

Study: Three skulls of medieval Viking women were deliberately elongated - Enlarge / Artificially modified skull from a female Viking individual i... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2014895 #forensicanthropology #forensicarchaeology #bodymodification #archaeology #dnaanalysis #science #vikings

Bodies found in Neolithic pit were likely victims of ritualistic murder - Enlarge / Three female skeletons found in a Neolithic storage pit in Fr... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015478 #forensicarchaeology #culturalevolution #ritualsacrifice #uncategorized #anthropology #archaeology #neolithic #science

How archaeologists reconstructed the burning of Jerusalem in 586 BCE - Enlarge (credit: Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1993081 #biblicalarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #12daysofchristmas #biblicaltexts #antiquities #archaeology #hebrewbible #chemistry #science

More trepanation news: Evidence of brain surgery in Bronze Age Israel - Enlarge / Two Bronze Age skeletons (brothers) were found at Tel Megiddo... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1920201 #forensicarchaeology #gaming&culture #archaeology #trepanation #science

New imaging tool confirms female scribe etched her name in medieval manuscript - Enlarge / Bodleian MS. Selden Supra 30 open at pp. 18-19. (credit: John... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1915258 #photometricstereorecording #forensicarchaeology #bodleianlibrary #medievalhistory #gaming&culture #archioxproject #3dimaging #science #history #physics #optics

Ancient Roman concrete could self-heal thanks to “hot mixing” with quicklime - Enlarge / A new analysis of ancient Roman concrete samples from the Pri... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1908331 #forensicarchaeology #materialsscience #romanengineering #gaming&culture #romanconcrete #archaeology #chemistry #science

Tale from the crypt: Researchers conduct “virtual autopsy” of mummified toddler - Enlarge / A CT scan of the infant mummy's head, showing deformation of ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1892136 #forensicarchaeology #12daysofchristmas #virtualautopsy #mummification #ctscanning #medicine #science #physics

Written in the bones: Medieval skeletons tell story of social inequality in Cambridge - Enlarge / The remains of an individual buried in an Augustinian friary,... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1737096 #physicalanthropology #forensicarchaeology #12daysofchristmas #bioarchaeology #skeletaltrauma #science

Mount Vesuvius victims died just moments away from rescue - armi del soldato
When Mount Vesuvius destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1765087 #disasterarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #romanarchaeology #pyroclasticflow #plinytheelder #ancientrome #archaeology #herculaneum #romanempire #skeletons #vesuvius #science #pompeii #volcano

Archaeologists use DNA to investigate 6,200-year-old massacre mystery - Enlarge
Archaeologists working near the small Croatian village of Potočani made a grim discovery... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1749167 #biologicalanthropology #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #ancientwarfare #ancienteurope #archaeology #ancientdna #copperage #massgrave #neolithic #osteology #science

Climate change may have driven a band of Neanderthals to cannibalism - (credit: Photograph by ORNL)
A new study suggests that a group of Neanderthals in southeast Franc... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1483887 #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #paleoanthropology #interglacial #neanderthals #archaeology #cannibalism #hominins #science