Human remains

Budapest man confesses to illicit use of remains after bones, heart, and human face found in home

The man confessed to the illicit use of human remains, admitting that he was “particularly attracted to human body parts, from which he had prepared food for himself in various ways."

Human remains found in home of 30-year-old Budapest man.
Lead coffin discovered by Colchester Archaeological Trust in 2023.

‘Lexden Lady,’ wealthy Roman woman buried in lead coffin, goes on display in UK

Fuzzy security footage showing thief running with skull of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk, May 13, 2026.

Czech police hunting for thief who stole medieval saint's skull from church

1845: The ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror used in Sir John Franklin's ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest passage.

DNA analysis identifies four more members of John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition


Ancient Egyptians were mummified for 'guidance to divinity,' not preservation

Mummies were buried in that form because of ancient beliefs rather than preservation, researchers said.

 A cameraman films the only known example of a pregnant Egyptian mummy, displayed at an exhibition in National Museum in Warsaw, Poland May 4, 2021

6,000-year-old skull found in Taiwan may confirm ancient local legends

In Taiwan, there have been stories passed down through the generations about an ancient tribe of short, dark-skinned people that once lived in mountainous parts of the island.

 Human skull (illustrative).

California family kidnapped on Monday found dead

The hunt for a family that went missing in a rural California town ended in tragedy after their remains were found.

 Poster shows the four family members kidnapped from central California

1,000-year-old antisemitic violence victims revealed in archaeological discovery

Skeletons found over a decade ago have now been revealed to have been Ashkenazi Jews who had fallen victims to an antisemitic incident.

 Illustrative photo of a skeleton

Ancient jawbone could give glimpse of Europe's earliest humans

The surprise find, which could be about 1.4 million years old, could also give vital clues to the evolution of the human face over the millennia.

 Illustrative photo of a skeleton

New evidence shows history of human species more complex than thought

The most ancient human species includes fossils that date to the time at which our lineage separated from the lineages leading to chimpanzees and bonobos.

Slightly larger brains than modern humans, and stronger, but extinct. An illustration of the Neanderthal man.

Head lice on humans can preserve ancient DNA - study

DNA of ancient Argentinian mummies was extracted from a cement-like substance used by lice in the distant past to glue their eggs to human hair.

Head lice

Israel is a crossroads for human evolution

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AFFAIRS: Archaeologists find that the Holy Land’s 1.5 million-year-long human presence still has secrets to reveal.

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Prof. Israel Hershkovitz holds what scientists say are two pieces of fossilized bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site.

How a bone puzzle helped identify new type of prehistoric human in Israel

Some 17 fragments of a mandible, a tooth and a piece of skull were the key to allow researchers to find out about the ‘Nesher Ramla Homo.’

Hila May, a physical anthropologist at the Dan David Center and the Shmunis Institute of Tel Aviv University holds what scientists say is a piece of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site in central Israel, during an interview with Reuters at

China's 'Dragon Man' may be an undiscovered ancient relative of humans

The discovery of a new hominid species itself is incredible enough, but the story of Homo longi is especially unique due to the circumstances of its discovery.

A portrait of a female Denisovan teenager.