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From the sands of time: 4,000-year-old skulls reveal how ancient Egyptians tried to treat cancer!
Ancient Egyptian medical practices were incredibly advanced for their time. These early medical pra…
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Check out this huge Jurassic sea-monster skull that just went on display
The skull of an ancient pliosaur, the "ultimate killing machine" of the sea, is being exhibited in …
Rebecca Rommen
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An anthropologist spotted a real human skull on display in the Halloween section of a Florida thrift store
A staffer at the thrift store said she knew the skull was real and priced it at $4,000 because she …
Erin Snodgrass
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A Kentucky man busted by the FBI with 40 skulls, spinal cords, and other bones in his home may be linked to the Harvard morgue human remains trafficking scheme, FBI alleges
The FBI found human skulls, femurs, hip bones, and more at the home of a Kentucky man, and found a …
Michelle Mark
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An 'ancient' human skull was dropped off in a donation box full of taxidermy items to an Arizona Goodwill store
"It's very bizarre," a Goodyear Police Department spokeswoman told Insider on Friday. "We have not …
Natalie Musumeci
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Ancient people may have used human skulls for cups and other body parts for tools, according to a burial site in Spain
Many prehistoric people modified bones to honor the dead or make trophies. Archaeologists for smoot…
Jenny McGrath
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My 4-month-old needed skull surgery. He was born without a soft spot.
The author shares how her son was born with sagittal craniosynostosis, and needed skull surgery at …
Renae Gregoire
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Why doctors used to think drilling into people's skulls could treat mental illness
Lobotomies were a way to treat mental health conditions back in the 1930s and '40s. The procedure w…
Carla Delgado
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An ancient skull unlike any human ever seen is baffling scientists and could rewrite the story of our evolution
The skull, found in China in 2019, looks like an ancient modern human but has the chin of a Denisov…
Insider Inc.
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Mysterious remains of 3,000-year-old 'Priest of Pacopampa' found buried face down with accessories of human bone
The remains were buried alongside artifacts believed to be made of human bone and symbols possibly …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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2,000-year-old human skulls, oil lamps, and bronze daggers reveal possible necromancer's portal to the underworld in Jerusalem
Researchers found human skulls dating back to the second to fourth centuries in a deep cave arrange…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Butchery marks on a fossilized bone suggest human ancestors ate each other, shocking researchers
Butchery marks on a fossilized bone belonging to a human ancestor suggest the flesh was removed for…
Jenny McGrath
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Mystery surrounds 19th century 'vampire' found buried in New England with his thigh bones crossed over his chest
John Barber, who died in the 1900s, may have been considered a "vampire" due to his violent death, …
Marianne Guenot
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Ukrainians looking for missing troops are finding Nazi bullets, World War II-era trenches, and the bones of German soldiers on the battlefield
Ukrainian groups trying to locate lost soldiers have found Nazi bullets and even human remains from…
Chris Panella
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Photos show a tower of human skulls found buried beneath Mexico City. The Aztecs ritually sacrificed them, archaeologists say.
The Aztecs displayed the people they killed in towers called tzompantli. Archaeologists uncovered a…
Aylin Woodward
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A teenage crash victim's life was saved after part of her skull was stored inside her stomach
15-year-old Chelsey Smith's brain was too swollen to keep her skull intact after the crash. To save…
Marianne Guenot
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A US Navy destroyer just sailed into port flying the Jolly Roger — here's why the USS Kidd flies a pirate flag
The USS Kidd is the third ship to bear the name, and it continues the tradition of flying the Jolly…
Ryan Pickrell
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A baby was born with a depressed skull fracture. He avoided surgery thanks to a breast pump.
A neurosurgeon and his creative assistant repaired a baby's depressed skull fracture with the gentl…
Jane Ridley
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A human skull, fossils, and old cannonballs discovered in huge, bizarre hoard after homes were raided, says report
Two men face being investigated after a police operation in Spain led to authorities finding hundre…
Joshua Zitser
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US customs agents found the skull of a young dolphin in an unaccompanied bag at Detroit airport, prompting a federal law enforcement investigation
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating after agents found a dolphin skull inside someone…