More of his bones turned up in new excavations in 2014 ... he’s now more than just the anonymous “dead man” from the saga, Martin said. “Archaeological science, ancient DNA and genetic ...
A team of researchers found the remains of the “Well-man” from an 800-year-old Norse saga and used ancient DNA analysis to reconstruct who he was.
If its decorations resemble bones, it’s because Mesoamerican worldviews regarded them as the origin of life. Victor Silverio ...
"They took a dead man and cast him into the well, and then filled it up with stones," the translated saga reads. It's possible that the bones in the well were not those of the dead man from the ...
MORE: Man charged for allegedly killing ... and investigators have not determined how the bones ended up in the river. However, it's believed the person was dead "for some time," Pace said. " ...
With the help of forensic genetic genealogy, Arizona authorities recently identified the remnants of a man whose case went ...
That's when they threw a dead man down the local drinking well ... Radiocarbon dating of the bones indicated the remains were about 940 years old, give or take 30 years, consistent with the ...
Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a passage in a centuries-old Norse text.
The saga reads: “They took a dead man and cast him into the well headfirst ... “We managed to take a sample from two ...