The woman's remains show four projectile points, three in her chest and one in her ribs, and were buried with a 24-week-old fetus.Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission/The Mystery Of The Monongahela Indians Illustration of Monongahela Natives.
Not much about the burial of pregnant women from prehistoric times can be found in current archaeological literature, but one researcher hopes to offer a stepping stone in that direction.
Forbes reported that bioarchaeologist Robyn Wakefield-Murphy examined the skeletal remains of a young pregnant Native American woman who was shot and killed by four arrowheads. Read More...
A rat king forms when the tails of many rodents become tangled together, creating a disturbing creature that moves as one swarming mass of terror.Few creatures are as historically reviled as the rat. It’s known for carrying disease and was blamed for spreading the Black Death in the mid-14th century. The mere mention of its name is enough to incite fear and revulsion in many.
Given the historically unforgiving associations people have with the rat, it’s no wonder that some have imagined it to have abilities and behaviors that are flat-out unbelievable. Read More...
After Richard Lee McNair mailed himself out, perhaps the most astounding part of his escape was still yet to come.Although Richard Lee McNair is a convicted murderer, it’s his extraordinary ability to escape from prison that has made him more notorious than the actual crimes that put him there. Richard Lee McNair escaped from prison three times, which is an impressive feat in itself. But it was his third escape in 2006 that required the kind of creativity and innovation that you very seldom see. Read More...
