Centuries of bone discoveries from the River Thames now tell a darker story than previously imagined. Recent scientific analysis of hundreds of human remains pulled from Britain’s most famous waterway reveals deliberate patterns stretching back thousands of years, long before Roman legions ever set foot on British soil. Radiocarbon dating has transformed scattered skeletal fragments
An ancient timber circle with a similar arrangement to the famous Stonehenge in England has been discovered in Denmark. The circle, consisting of some 45 wooden posts driven into the ground, was found at a site in Aars, North Jutland. This so-called “wood henge” is in fact the second to be found in the area,
A 2,000 year old metal spoon has been found on the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom. Dating from the Iron Age, it is believed that this bronze spoon may be something very unusual. It is thought that this is a so-called “divination spoon” used for telling the future. Only 28 such examples have
Musical instruments are near universal across all cultures, ancient and modern, but the music they make is not always pleasant. Aztec skull whistles, extremely versatile instruments from 500 years ago, are certainly not. Such whistles were used for more than 250 years from around 1250 AD by the Aztecs of Central America, producing a combination