Scientific ‘detective work’ reveals South American mummies were murdered; the study was published on Frontiers in Medicine
A team of researchers from the University of Utah investigated how climate change and population pressure influenced rates of homicide and warfare in the Nasca Highlands of ancient Peru
The researchers conclude that the Incas originally called it Huayna Picchu, for the rocky summit that lies nearest to the site, and not Machu Picchu
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years; a new study in Frontiers in Medicine
An unprecedented 3D reconstruction of pre-Columbian crania from the Caribbean and South America will allow further investigations