bone Archive

Prehistoric Sime Skeleton And Now 15,000-Year-Old Bone Pendant Depicting ‘Venus’ Found In Vlakno Cave, Croatia

AncientPages.com | December 4, 2017

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Earlier excavations (2011) in the Vlakno Cave, Croatia revealed the remains of a human skeleton belonging to a man, whose age was estimated

Skull with traces of healed trauma (the arrow) from Tell Majnuna, Syria, late Chalcolithic (c. 3500 BC). Photo by A. Sołtysiak

Archaeology

Physical Violence In Ancient Mesopotamia Much Less Common Than Ancient Texts Suggest – New Study

AncientPages.com | March 29, 2017

AncientPages.com - "Many texts from ancient Mesopotamia contain colourful descriptions of wars and other physical atrocities, such as mass beheadings or stripping the skin. Meanwhile, bioarchaeology research paints the