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The femur used as a quiver, with the arrowheads embedded in poison inside. Source: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(24)02663-4.
31 JAN 2025 · 3 MIN

7,000-Year-Old Bone Arrowheads Held a Complex Poison, Study Finds

A new study into a 7,000 year old bovid femur found in Kruger Cave, South Africa, has shed lights on the secrets of Neolithic hunting in the region. The femur had three…
A 10th century burial in Hungary’s Carpathian Basin looks set to rewrite history. The grave holds a woman, but the bow she is holding tells us she was a warrior, the first found in the country.
8 JAN 2025 · 3 MIN

“But No Living Man Am I”: Unique 10th Century Burial Contains a Warrior Woman

A research team led by Dr. Balázs Tihanyi has found something never before seen in Hungary’s Carpathian Basin. The grave, dating to the 10th century, is of a woman and her weapons.…