Category: Burials
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Archaeologists found 16 attendants possibly sealed alive with Lady Fu Hao, China’s warrior queen. What made them obey? The Anguished Ordeal Begins Lady Fu Hao And Her Sixteen Slaves For weeks, the attendants had watched their mistress decline, each laboured breath a countdown they dared not acknowledge. They probably swapped pointed looks, fiddled with their…
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Volga River, A.D. 922 They asked for a volunteer, and she raised her hand, a small, petite, honourable slave girl. Ten days later, as part of ritual suicide, they would strangle and stab her on a burning ship while the whole village cheered them on. The air smelled of pine resin and blood. A longship…
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With Tollund Man, his eyes are closed as if in sleep, his lips opened as if about to speak. The stubble on his chin looks fresh, like it had grown just days ago. But this man has been dead for over 2,000 years—and someone had murdered him. On May 6, 1950, two brothers were cutting…
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In the quiet northern English city of York, cobbled streets wind past quaint tea shops and an imposing cathedral. As tourists wander around the city, they are largely oblivious to what lies beneath their feet. But archaeologists know better. You see, York’s soil hides secrets—bloody, brutal secrets that involve headless gladiators buried deep underground. This…