The mysterious and unexplained phenomenon of the Venzone mummies, which have been preserved in an unusual and remarkable state of non-decomposition. The Black Death swept the Venzone village in the 14th century. Many people died but did not have enough …

At least 80 skeletons lie in a mᴀss grave in an ancient Greek cemetery, their wrists clamped by iron shackles. They are the victims, say archaeologists, of a mᴀss execution. But who they were, how they got there and why they appear to have been buried …

On May 6, 1950, peat cutters Viggo and Emil Hojgaard were making their way into the Bjældskovdal swamp, 12 kilometres west of Silkeborg, Denmark, when they discovered a body submerged approximately 10 feet underwater in the mud. The body’s facial expressions …