HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Yale University historian has uncovered a 1918 letter that seems to lend validity to the lore that Yale University's ultra-secret Skull and Bones society swiped the skull of ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Austrian archaeologists found an ancient skull inside an elaborate octagonal tomb in Turkey in the 1920s. The tomb’s design and location, as well as the skull’s age, led some experts to suspect it ...

Researchers carrying out excavation work in southern Peru found a tomb filled with the remains of two dozen people believed to be battle victims. Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at ...

A new study settled a century-long debate over whether an ancient skull found at an elaborate tomb in Ephesos, Turkey, was Cleopatra’s sister. Photo from Gerhard Weber, University of Vienna Austrian ...