This remarkable Corinthian-style helmet from the Battle of Marathon was reputedly unearthed in 1834 with a human skull still inside.
It is now part of the Royal Ontario Museum’s collections, but, originally, it was discovered by George Nugent-Grenville, who was...
A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa, scientists say.
In 1978, archaeologists excavating Apidima Cave on the Mani Peninsula of Greece discovered two significant...
The skull of a crowned athlete with a gold wreath in the shape of a laurel branch still attached to it is perhaps one of the most impressive exhibits in Greece.
The flesh disintegrated after 2,500 years, but the wreath...
The prehistoric human skull found in the Petralona Cave in Northern Greece challenges the Out of Africa theory of the origin of Homo sapiens.
The human skull discovered in the Chalkidiki cave is one million years old and has generated...
Scientists have reconstructed the face of a 40-year-old Neanderthal woman who lived 75,000 years ago.
It is based on the flattened, shattered remains of a skull whose bones were so soft when excavated they had the consistency of "a well-dunked...
A video of a 'giant skull,' wedged between two stone pillars at Greece's Meteora rock complex, a UNESCO-listed site at the northwest edge of the Thessaly Plain near the mountains of Pindos, has gone viral on social media.
The complex,...
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), part of Mexico's Ministry of Culture, recently uncovered an ancient burial site. This finding provides valuable insights into funeral customs of the region's pre-Hispanic era.
The discovery took place in...
Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of a Paleolithic woman whose human skull was found buried inside a cave in 1881 in the hamlet of Mlade located in today's Czech Republic. The subject was identified as male at the time,...
Archaeologists carrying out excavations in the ancient city of Euromus in Turkey's southern Mugla province found a skull with marks indicating that neurosurgery existed 2,200 years ago.
According to the Anadolu News Agency the skull was discovered in a burial...
