Human remains

Interpreting the pattern of trauma within the context of the colonial period in Papua, this female individual may have been murdered, possibly as a slave taken during tribal warfare.

The shootings and prolonged manhunt convulsed the normally bustling but serene community of Lewiston, a former textile hub and the second-most populous city in Maine.

The significance of this cave is that it "returned a large number of commingled skeletal remains suggesting its funerary use from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age."

The discovery was made after a year-long excavation near the sanctuary of the goddess Bastet, which is home to the catacombs of mummified cats in Saqqara.

For the first time in over a century, amazing life-like mummy portraits depicting ancient people have been found in Egypt.

Mummies were buried in that form because of ancient beliefs rather than preservation, researchers said.

In Taiwan, there have been stories passed down through the generations about an ancient tribe of short, dark-skinned people that once lived in mountainous parts of the island.

The hunt for a family that went missing in a rural California town ended in tragedy after their remains were found.

Skeletons found over a decade ago have now been revealed to have been Ashkenazi Jews who had fallen victims to an antisemitic incident.

The surprise find, which could be about 1.4 million years old, could also give vital clues to the evolution of the human face over the millennia.