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USF Anthropology Team Identifies 2 More Sets of Human Remains From Infamous...
Dining hall construction with “White House” in background, 1936. Image Credit: Wikipedia The anthropology team from the University of South Florida (USF) has positively identified two more sets of...
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The Grisly Skeletal Specimens at the National Museum of Health and Medicine
The skeleton of Peter Cluckey at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Image Credit: The National Museum of Health and Medicine Founded as the Army Medical Museum in 1862, the National Museum of...
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Forensic anthropology and archaeology in the news…plus some really strange stuff
19th Century Anatomical Venus from the Wellcome Collection. Image Credit: Wellcome Collection Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science in the News USF Anthropology Team Identifies 2 More Sets of...
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The Patriotic Ossuary of Custoza, Italy
Ossuary of Custoza, Italy that holds the remains of more than 4000 soldiers. Image Credit: Giuseppe Savo on Flickr In 1848 and 1866 the Italians fought two battles at Custoza, in northern Italy near...
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Forensic anthropology and archaeology in the news…and some strange stuff
A chandelier of Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic, made of skulls and bones. Image Credit: Wikipedia Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science in the News Mexico checks if 43 students in mass grave...
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An empty coffin in Philadelphia creates more questions about notorious...
On Tuesday October 7th a research team from the University of South Florida (USF) exhumed a grave in Philadelphia belonging to a boy who died under “suspicious circumstances” in 1925. This excavation...
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Forensic anthropology and archaeology in the news…and some strange stuff
Skeleton of ischiopagus twins on display the Warren Anatomical Museum. Photo via Curious Expeditions Flickr. Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science in the News An empty coffin in Philadelphia...
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DNA Tests Solve Forty-Year-Old Oklahoma Mystery
On Thursday, officials confirmed that two separate missing persons cases were solved when DNA results positively identified two groups of remains found in two submerged cars in Sayre, OK. In September...
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Forensic anthropology and archaeology in the news…and some strange stuff
Picture of Sedlec Ossuary Image Credit Milan Boers on Flickr Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science in the News Authorities confirm body is U-Va. student Hannah Graham The Washington Post The body...
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How a Strange 19th Century Coffin Lead to a Revolution in 20th Century...
The “Fisk Airtight Coffin of Cast or Raised Metal” created by Almond D. Fisk. Note the glass face plates and the shroud-like lid on the coffin on the left. Image Credit: Funeral Facts The Fisk Mummy...
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Forensic anthropology and archaeology in the news…and some strange stuff
The Mummies of Guanajuato at El Museo De Las Momias De Guanajuato. Image Credit: cedarblue on Flickr Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science in the News Human Remains Discovered During Backyard Pool...
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The Day the Skulls are Brought Out to Play
Skulls decorated for Dia de los Natitas, or Day of the Skulls. Image credit: International Business Times Every year in the week following the Day of the Dead, the citizens of La Paz, Bolivia gather at...
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Forensic anthropology and archaeology in the news…and some strange stuff
Mummies in crypt of Capuchin monastery in Brno, Czech Republic. Image Credit: Miaow Miaow on Wikipedia Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science in the News Experts investigate unidentified human...
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Head of State: The Mummified Head of Oliver Cromwell
A drawing of Oliver Cromwell’s head on a spike from the late 18th century. From a copy of Pennant’s London. Image Credit: Wikipedia In January of 1661 King Charles II of England (1630-1685) ordered the...
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Human remains in the news: Forensic science, archaeology, and some strange stuff
Ossuary, in the crypt of St Leonard, Hythe. Image Credit: Chris Whippet via Wikipedia Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science in the News Suspected Human Remains Found During South Jersey Pool...
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A Mummy Murder Mystery Wrapped in a Hoax
“Persian Mummy” and sarcophagus being examined by Iranian offices. Image Credit: The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies In October of 2000 Pakistani authorities heard that a Karachi resident was trying...
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The Remains of Hundreds of Butchered Soldiers from a Brutal Medieval Battle
Skull from the mass graves associated with the Battle of Visby. Image Credit: Xenophon on Wikipedia In 1361 the Danish king Valdemar IV invaded the island of Gotland, Sweden because it had a diverse...
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Human remains in the news: Forensic anthropology, archaeology, and some...
St. Peter Mistail Beinhaus in Mistail, Switzerland Image Credit: Adrian Michael on Wikipedia Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science in the News Graveside Services Planned: Bodies of 2 Polk Dozier...
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Painting with the Dead: The use of human remains in paintings
Interior of a kitchen by Martin Drölling, Louvre, 1815. Image credit: Wikipedia L’intérieur d’une cuisine (or “Interior of a Kitchen”) by French artist Martin Drölling was completed in 1815 and...
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A Tibetan Wall of Skulls
Pictured: Skulls from the charnel at St. Leonard. Image Credit: Michael Rowe via Wikipedia Though the European bone houses are some of the most famous in the world, there are similar charnels in Asia....
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