Researchers at the British Museum made a gruesome discovery when a scan of an ancient mummy revealed a spatula had been left lodged in its skull after being used to scoop out its brains.The body of the man, from Thebes in modern-day Egypt, is believed to have been mummified around 600 BC.
via Mummy scans reveal gruesome details – Yahoo News UK.
Ear mutilation is an interesting thing. I say interesting, because when I really think about it, there seem to be quite a few historical and […]
Shoes in walls, witch bottles beneath floors, horse skulls under houses and dried cats hidden in ceilings. Our ancestors built protection into their homes – and when we find it centuries later, sometimes we still put it back.
Few ancient civilizations have left an architectural footprint quite as indelible as the Nabateans did in Petra, southern Jordan.Majestic temples, burial chambers and homes still […]
