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Researchers Say 700-Year-Old Skeleton Shows First Evidence of Trebuchet Trauma

Advanced imaging and forensic comparison indicate a single, very high‑velocity impact killed a man buried under Stirling Castle, though the exact siege engine cannot be proven.

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Study Finds Medieval Danes With Leprosy or TB Still Received High-Status Burials

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Scientists Reconstruct Face of 15th–16th Century ‘Vampire’ From Croatian Fortress

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First Confirmed Justinian Plague Mass Grave at Jerash Shows Rapid Single Burial Event

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7mo ago

Iron Age Italian Teeth Map Childhood Stress and Fermented Diets in New PLOS One Study

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Malawi Pyre Dating to 9,500 Years Ago Is Africa’s Earliest Intentional Cremation

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4,000-Year-Old Thai Dental Plaque Reveals Earliest Biochemical Evidence of Betel Nut Chewing

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18th-Century Austrian Mummy Identified and Preserved by Rare Embalming Technique

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last yr.

First Physical Evidence of Roman Gladiators Fighting Lions Unearthed in Britain

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Skeleton in York Reveals First Physical Evidence of Gladiator-Lion Combat

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Ancient Fire and Violence Offer Clues to Lives of Neolithic Ukrainians

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Ancient DNA Analysis Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Pompeii Victims

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Ancient Belgian Skeleton Revealed as Composite of Bones Spanning Millennia

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Mary Rose Shipwreck Study Links Handedness to Bone Chemistry

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DNA Analysis Uncovers Identity of Medieval 'Well-man' in Norway

Bioarchaeology

Researchers Say 700-Year-Old Skeleton Shows First Evidence of Trebuchet Trauma

Study Finds Middle Kingdom Princesses Show Bone Signs of Weapons Training

Dahshur Royal Women Were Skilled Archers, Study Finds

Forty-Four Revolutionary War Remains Returned to Lake George for Reinterment

DNA Tests Identify Magdeburg Remains as Otto I

Study Recasts Serbian Iron Age Mass Grave as Targeted Massacre

Study Finds Medieval Danes With Leprosy or TB Still Received High-Status Burials

Scientists Reconstruct Face of 15th–16th Century ‘Vampire’ From Croatian Fortress

First Confirmed Justinian Plague Mass Grave at Jerash Shows Rapid Single Burial Event

Iron Age Italian Teeth Map Childhood Stress and Fermented Diets in New PLOS One Study

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Malawi Pyre Dating to 9,500 Years Ago Is Africa’s Earliest Intentional Cremation

4,000-Year-Old Thai Dental Plaque Reveals Earliest Biochemical Evidence of Betel Nut Chewing

18th-Century Austrian Mummy Identified and Preserved by Rare Embalming Technique

First Physical Evidence of Roman Gladiators Fighting Lions Unearthed in Britain

Skeleton in York Reveals First Physical Evidence of Gladiator-Lion Combat

Ancient Fire and Violence Offer Clues to Lives of Neolithic Ukrainians

Ancient DNA Analysis Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Pompeii Victims

Ancient Belgian Skeleton Revealed as Composite of Bones Spanning Millennia

Mary Rose Shipwreck Study Links Handedness to Bone Chemistry

DNA Analysis Uncovers Identity of Medieval 'Well-man' in Norway

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