The trickiest part of the whole experience was my initial fitting of the headband—the right strap needs to rest against the ...

Our ancient ancestors have done some interesting things to human bones over the years, but one example from the Iron Age Iberian Peninsula is a real puzzle.

A child of almost four expired after much suffering from an arrow wound that penetrated the left of his skull (the occipital bone). A young man of about seventeen years burned to death cruelly ...

and protruding out through the occipital bone in the back of the head. What was the reason for this practice? Many previous ...