Guatemala’s Cueva de Sangre, translated as “blood cave,” isn’t just a clever name. It’s an apropos description of the cave ...

Part of a human skull found on a Northern California beach more than 32 years ago was just identified as a woman who went ...

A forensic genetic genealogy team has uncovered a mystery behind a partial human skull found 32 years ago on a beach in ...

The scene is incongruously cheerful: wearing blue surgical gloves, Pimjai Sornrach grinned broadly as she held a skull, declaring "it's so good, it's so good", while her smiling friend held up a ...

Flames crackle through piles of hundreds of human skulls and thick grey smoke pours into the Thai sky in a moment as spiritually significant as it is gruesome. The Lang Pacha ceremony is observed ...

Illustration by ZME Science/AI-generated. At one of the world’s most elite universities, professors once toasted to empire using a human skull. For decades, Oxford academics at Worcester College ...

The crowned eagle is not the largest raptor on the continent, but it is the most powerful one. This predatory bird weighs between 3 to 5 kilograms, and has a wingspan that can reach over 6 feet ...

The book reveals that a ceremonial drinking vessel, made from a human skull, was used at one of Oxford University's colleges until 2015. This vessel, originally crafted for drinking purposes, was ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Oxford University academics drank out of a chalice made from a human skull until as recently as 2015. A new book written Professor Dan Hicks ...

Oxford dons drank wine from a chalice made from a human skull until as recently as 2015, it has emerged. Academics at Worcester College used to drink from the chalice, which was fashioned from a ...

Oxford University academics used a chalice made from a human skull – potentially belonging to an enslaved Caribbean woman – at formal dinners until as recently as 2015, a new book has alleged.