The warrior was buried in the early 7th century C.E. and belonged to a group of fierce Eurasian nomads called Pannonian Avars.Déri MuseumThis Avar warrior belonged to the nomadic group from the steppes of Central Asia who ruled over much of what is now Hungary during the Early Middle Ages.
Around 1,400 years ago, an Avar warrior was laid to rest with his weapons and horse. Now, archaeologists in Hungary have come across his remains — and his shockingly well-preserved set of lamellar armor. Read More...
The funeral pyre in Salorno—Dos de la Forca in the Italian Alps is the first of its kind ever discovered and was found to contain the remains of eight generations of families.PLOS ONEThe Late Bronze Age funeral pyre was left untouched for 3,000 years.
Salorno—Dos de la Forca has captivated historians for decades. The 3,000-year-old site was first discovered and identified as a funeral pyre in 1986. But only now have bioanthropologists completed excavations and offered detailed analyses of its charred contents — and learned they were the cremated remains of up to 172 people. Read More...
After slashing the throats of her two-year-old and six-month-old twins in 2015, Christina Booth chillingly told investigators she’d done so in an attempt to "quiet" them for her husband.FacebookChristina Booth, pictured with her husband Thomas, pleaded guilty to attacking her three children and was sentenced to 14.5 years in prison.
On a winter’s night in 2015, Christina Booth settled in for a movie with her husband, Thomas. But their movie night turned into attempted murder when, at the end of the film, Christina slashed the throats of their three young daughters in an attempt to make the them stop crying. Read More...
