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Rare Funeral Pyre at Sizewell C Captures the Moment Prehistoric Britons Sent Their Dead Into the Fire
A rare funeral pyre at Sizewell C has revealed one of the most elusive stages of ancient burial practice: the moment when a body was placed on timber, set alight and transformed by fire. The discovery was made at Goose Hill, part of the archaeological investigations linked to the Sizewell C project on England’s Suffolk…
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A Unique Mummification Method Discovered in Austria: The Air-Dried Chaplain
A mummy discovered in the crypt of a historic church in St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Austria, has revealed a remarkable mummification technique dating back 300 years. Research shows that the body of the priest Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg was preserved using an unusual method, involving zinc chloride, wood chips, and twigs, which differs from…