Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper argues. By Franz Lidz Some 2,000 years ago, a macabre ritual was observed in ...

In many regards, Halo: Campaign Evolved is a one-to-one remake of 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved. But there’s one way in which this latest iteration is shaking things up: According to its developers, the ...

What happens when a classic cookie is shaped like a skull? This creative recipe is the answer, transforming a simple dessert into a fun, gooey, and festive treat perfect for Halloween. Satish Shah ...

Crania from a Nordic 'golden age' sit in a Harvard museum basement, and now researchers on both sides of the Atlantic want to reunite them with their bodies. An excavated burial from the medieval ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Carved from white quartz, sometimes ...

This story appears in the August 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Oscar Nilsson has the gift of being able to put a face (but not necessarily a name) to roughly a hundred once anonymous ...

"African human skull, early 20th century, 2,000 euros." Adverts like this can be seen on social media. The trade is legal in Germany, even when the skulls date from the German colonial era.