Without a doubt, the ancient Egyptians are the experts in body preservation and mummification. However, they were not the ...

The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright ...

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE.

Pilgrims have journeyed to the medieval town of Assisi in Italy to view the preserved body of British-born Carlo Acutis ahead of his canonisation as a saint next month. Acutis, who died aged 15 ...

Mun chorp (About the body) About the body is an investigation into the body which has been found preserved in a bog. It encourages the learner to look closely at all of the details to extract ...

Another influential idea was vitalism, the notion that life force could be transferred from one body to another, particularly from a preserved human to a living patient. Adding to this was the ...