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Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans SEM analysis of pottery residues showed people combined fish with a wide variety of plants when cooking. https://s.faithcollapsing.com/cm5d6#anthropology #archaeology #forensic-archaeology #science

“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: Scribes in ancient Egypt had really poor posture during work - Enlarge / Statues depicting the high dignitary Nefer and his wife (Abus... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033600 #forensicarchaeology #repetitivestress #bioarchaeology #ancientegypt #anthropology #archaeology #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

Ancient Egyptian skull shows evidence of cancer, surgical treatment - Enlarge (credit: Tondini, Isidro, Camarós, 2024.)

The 4,000-ye... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2025113 #forensicarchaeology #paleo-oncology #paleopathology #archaeology #medicine #science

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

Brutally bludgeoned “Vittrup Man” went from forager to farmer before his death - Enlarge / The cranial remains of Vittrup Man, who was bludgeoned to dea... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005818 #forensicarchaeology #anthropology #archaeology #bogbodies #vitrupman #science #biology

Scientists identify first known prehistoric person with Turner syndrome - Enlarge / The cranium of an individual with mosaic Turner syndrome from... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1995066 #forensicarchaeology #ancientgenomics #turnersyndrome #ancientdna #archeology #genomics #science #biology

Notre Dame cathedral first to use iron reinforcements in 12th century - Enlarge / The Notre-Dame de Paris has been under restoration since a de... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1993796 #medievalarchitecture #forensicarchaeology #12daysofchristmas #architecture #archaeology #notredame #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

How a forensic artist reconstructed the face of 500-year-old Inca “ice maiden” - Enlarge / The final approximation of the Incan girl dubbed "Juanita" we... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1992837 #forensicreconstruction #forensicanthropology #forensicarchaeology #12daysofchristmas #science #inca

Scent of the afterlife? Scientists recreate recipe for Egyptian mummification balm - Enlarge / One of the limestone canopic jars that once held mummified or... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1965458 #egyptianmummification #forensicarchaeology #gaschromatography #ancientperfumes #ancientegypt #archaeology #chemistry #perfumes #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

Neutron imaging revealed the secrets of this gold-plated medieval pendant - Enlarge / Scientists used neutron tomography to peer inside a medieval ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1909221 #forensicarchaeology #medievalartifacts #neutrontomography #gaming&culture #science #history #physics

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

Maybe Edward the Black Prince didn’t die from chronic dysentery after all - Enlarge / Effigy of Edward of Woodstock, aka the Black Prince, in Cante... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1907112 #forensicarchaeology #historyofmedicine #gaming&culture #theblackprince #medicine #science #biology #history

Study: Ötzi the Iceman probably thawed and refroze several times - Enlarge / The mummified corpse of Ötzi the Iceman, discovered in 1991. ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1897727 #forensicarchaeology #anthropology #archaeology #science #otzi

The case of the murdered mummies: “virtual autopsy” reveals fatal injuries - Enlarge / Face and upper body of one of two South American mummies that... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1880352 #forensicarchaeology #gaming&culture #virtualautopsy #science #mummies

Were bones of Waterloo soldiers sold as fertilizer? It’s not yet case closed - Enlarge / The Morning after the Battle of Waterloo, by John Heaviside C... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1861820 #forensicarchaeology #napoleonbonaparte #battleofwaterloo #militaryhistory #gaming&culture #archaeology #forensics #science #history

Divers recovered giant head of Hercules from Antikythera shipwreck in Greece - Enlarge / A diver with the Return to Antikythera project carefully exca... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1861898 #antikytheramechanism #forensicarchaeology #antikytherawreck #gaming&culture #archaeology #shipwrecks #science #history #salvage

Mysterious Hypatia stone might hold earliest evidence of Type Ia supernova - Enlarge / Tiny samples of the Hypatia stone next to a small coin. Rare ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1855657 #forensicarchaeology #archaeoastronomy #astrophysics #hypatiastone #astronomy #chemistry #science

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

Partially mutilated Herculaneum skeleton was “fugitive” of Vesuvius eruption - Enlarge / The partially mutilated remains of a Vesuvius victim, found a... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1817432 #forensicarchaeology #gaming&culture #archaeology #herculaneum #vesuvius #science #history

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