By: Mark Stevenson, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP).- Archaeologists said Thursday they have found 10 sets of skeletal remains that may belong to U.S. soldiers who died during a battle in the 1846-48 Mexican-American war. The government experts said…
London Museum Repatriates Islands’ Human Remains
LONDON (REUTERS).- The remains of 138 indigenous people from the Torres Strait Islands are set to be repatriated after they were removed at the behest of a missionary during the 19th century, London’s Natural History Museum said on Thursday. The museum…
Victorian Smokers had Rotten Teeth to Match Lungs
By: Stefano Ambrogi
LONDON (REUTERS).- Smoking was as bad for the Victorians as it is for anyone today, but back in those days it seems it did far more damage to their teeth. In the mid-19th century, prior to the invention of the cigarette, when tobacc…
Pompeii Exhibit at New York City’s Discovery Times Square Shines Light on Buried City
NEW YORK (AP).- A new exhibition from Italy that opens Friday at New York’s Discovery Times Square captures the last gasp of the ancient city of Pompeii before it was buried under volcanic ash, mud and rock when Mount Vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago….
Pompeii Exhibit at New York City’s Discovery Times Square Shines Light on Buried City
NEW YORK (AP).- A new exhibition from Italy that opens Friday at New York’s Discovery Times Square captures the last gasp of the ancient city of Pompeii before it was buried under volcanic ash, mud and rock when Mount Vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago….