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Shells from Captain Cook’s third voyage are saved from skip by passing lecturer
Among the shells is a thorny oyster (Spondylus americanus). In an 1804 letter, Mrs Atkinson begged her son Matthew, who was based in Jamaica, to get the shell for her. Found along the Atlantic ...
Pregnant woman's remains, showing signs of "ritual sacrifice," discovered in Ecuador, archaeologists say
The young woman is believed to have been part of the Manteño people, who lived along the Ecuadorian coast and survived by ...
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76 Children Were Found Sacrificed In A 700-Year-Old Peruvian Burial Mound
At a 700-year-old burial mound in Peru, the remains of 76 sacrificed children and two adults were discovered. All of […] ...