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Archaeological News: Scottish prehistoric mummies... →
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DNA tests on British prehistoric mummies revealed they were made of body parts from several different people, arranged to look like one person.
The four bodies discovered in 2001 on South Uist, in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides were the first evidence in Britain of deliberate mummification.
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Archaeological News: Oxford Viking massacre... →
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Evidence of a brutal massacre of Vikings in Oxford 1100 years ago has been uncovered by archaeologists.
At least 35 skeletons, all males aged 16 to 25 were discovered in 2008 at St John’s College, Oxford.
Analysis of wound marks on the bones now suggests they had been subjected to…
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