Skulls

Ancient Spanish skull reveals Roman campaign of intimidation, adds to sparse record of ancient war

The 2020 discovery of the skull was recently published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology, focusing on the Romans’ siege of La Loma.

Archaeologists Ines Morales, Rocio Moron and Veronica Alberto from Tibicena, an archaeology company, analyze a human skull which was found buried in a cave on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain April 24, 2023.
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Study of 50,000-year canine skulls shows dogs diversified millennia before modern breeding

Anonymous archaeologist excavating human skull and necklace. Illustration.

Rare Celtic skull trepanation tool found in Poland

The reconstructed skull of a man who died 12,000 years ago in what is now Vietnam.

Vienna Cathedral shocked to discover stolen skull in their mail


Scientists reconstruct 35,000 year old face - study

The skeleton, per the scientific report, was discovered in 1980 in the Nile Valley in Egypt.

 Researchers created two facial approximations of an ancient Egyptian man using photogrammetry.

Skull found in Turkey with neat hole may have been the work of mystics

Trepanation, a procedure which involves drilling a hole into the patient's skull, is one of the oldest known surgical procedures in human history.

 Trepanated skull of a woman-Tumb 3 Corseaux-En Seyton-on display 6, Cantonal Museum of Archeology and History.

6,000-year-old skull found in Taiwan may confirm ancient local legends

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.

 Human skull (illustrative).

What did this Stone Age woman look like? Skull leads to startling find

Researchers dated the skull to about 31,000 years ago and claimed that it belonged to a male. New research proved otherwise.

 Bones and skulls are seen at an ossuary with the remains of more than 50,000 people on October 19, 2012 under the Church of St. James in Brno.

Kayakers find 8,000-year-old human skull in Minnesota River

The discovery, thought to be a Native American young man, is making headlines this week as Native Americans say published photos are offensive to their culture.

Kayaking in Israel.

How a bone puzzle helped identify new type of prehistoric human in Israel

Some 17 fragments of a mandible, a tooth and a piece of skull were the key to allow researchers to find out about the ‘Nesher Ramla Homo.’

Hila May, a physical anthropologist at the Dan David Center and the Shmunis Institute of Tel Aviv University holds what scientists say is a piece of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site in central Israel, during an interview with Reuters at

Is the Bible right? Newly discovered fossils show snakes had legs

A new study published in Science Advances on Thursday has shed light on the life of ancient legged snakes.

A snake is seen while a tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24, 2019