History & Archaeology Archive

Medieval walls in Spain contain bits of bone

Posted on March 5, 2009 | No Comments
Scientists have found a 14th century oven used to bake animal bones for the purpose of strengthening the grand medieval walls in what is today, Granada, Spain.
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Field Museum discovery helps solve mystery of South American trophy heads

Posted on January 28, 2009 | No Comments
The mystery of why ancient South American peoples who created the mysterious Nazca Lines also collected human heads as trophies has long puzzled scholars.
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