US fort`s 18th-century skeletons closer to return

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:13

Skeletal remains of more than a dozen British soldiers who died during the French and Indian War are expected to be returned this year to upstate New York for reburial near their original resting place on a Colonial American battleground.

Skeletons of two persons abducted by Maoists in Bengal recovered

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 21:35

Skeletons of two persons suspectedly abducted by Maoists two years ago were recovered by police from Masangidighi forest near here in West Midnapore district, a senior police officer said.

2,000-yr-old skeletons, pyramid ruins found in Mexico

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 21:34

An ancient settlement, including 30 skeletons and the ruins of a pyramid, believed to be up to 2,000 years old, has been unearthed in Mexico.

`Vampire` skeletons found in Poland

Last Updated: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 14:00

Archaeologists in Poland have found skeletons of victims accused of being vampires, with their heads removed and placed on their legs in the town of Gliwice.

Recovery of skeletons: Goa Cong chief to face investigations

Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 22:40

Goa Congress president Subhash Shirodkar will face police investigations in connection with the recovery of human skeletons, CM said.

Ancient Egyptian skeletons found wearing toe rings

Last Updated: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 20:06

Archaeologists have discovered two ancient Egyptian skeletons, dating back more than 3,300 years, each buried with a mysterious toe ring made of copper alloy.

3,000-year-old skeletons found in Indonesian cave

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 18:03

Archaeologists have discovered remains of 66 humans dating back to 3000 years in a cave in Sumatra island of Indonesia.

Sri Lanka to probe mass grave with 150 skeletons

Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 23:44

A Sri Lankan presidential commission will be appointed to investigate a mass grave where more than 150 skulls and bones, most likely of Marxist rebels killed decades ago, were found last year, a government spokesman said.

Scientists test skeletons for Black Death bacteria

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 17:47

Scientists digging a new railway in London have uncovered 13 skeletons that will be tested to see if they died from the Black Death plague in the 14th century.

Swedish woman accused of having sex with skeletons

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 19:28

A 37-year-old woman from Sweden allegedly kept skeleton parts in her flat so that she could have sex with them.

Mexican archaeologists excavate 850-yr-old human skeleton

Last Updated: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 18:54

Human skeletons estimated to be about 850-years-old have been found by a group of excavators at an archaeological site in Mexico.

`Vampire` skeletons discovered in Bulgaria

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 13:21

Archaeologists in Bulgaria have unearthed two skeletons from the Middle Ages, which were pierced through the chest with iron rods to keep them from turning into vampires, the head of the history museum said on Wednesday.