Tag Archives: Archaeology

Awesome Finds: An Ancient Celtic Tree Burial

Posted on January 22, 2020 by scarywhitegirl

Archaeologists in Zurich, Switzerland, found the 2,200-year-old remains of a Celtic woman who was buried in a tree. The burial was from roughly the first century B.C., and the woman may have been part of a Celtic community in Switzerland … Continue reading →

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Strange Science: Prehistoric Island Construction

Posted on July 12, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

Archaeologists studying crannogs, constructed islands in the Scottish lochs, have found evidence that suggests that these islands are far older than originally believed. Originally, the crannogs had been dated to approximately 800 B.C. Newer investigations point to an origin of … Continue reading →

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Strange Science: Reassessing Viking Burials

Posted on April 26, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

A team of scientists has been reassessing Viking burials from the settlement of Birka in east-central Sweden, and in doing so, have determined that one of the Viking warriors buried there was a high-status female warrior. Thanks to osteology and … Continue reading →

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Strange Science: Medical Technology Informing Artifact Analysis

Posted on April 12, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

Medical technology can be used for a multitude of applications, including helping art historians and archaeologists learn more about artifacts. Recently, five pieces of art held by the Art Institute of Chicago were imaged using axial tomography, known to most … Continue reading →

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Throwback to Other Strange Things in the Ground

Posted on April 11, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

While we haven’t published many stories dealing strictly with archaeology at Mad Scientist Journal, we have a few, along with several others detailing other oddities of this planet we call home, and a few a bit farther afield. “Within the … Continue reading →

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Fiction: Terminus Post Quem

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Mad Scientist Journal

An essay by Daniel Benlainey, as provided by Steve Toase Art by Leigh Legler Daniel Benlainey BA MSc Project Manager Multivallate Archaeology Unit 4 Sunray Farm YK94 1SX D.Benlainey@multivallate.org.uk Simon Campbell BSc Senior Archaeologist Historic Environment Team Callshire County Council … Continue reading →

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Strange Science: Medicine Two and a Half Millennia Ago

Posted on February 22, 2019 by scarywhitegirl

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a health center and medical tools from approximately 2,600 years ago. While the tools are not exactly like those pictured here, they bear some resemblance to these Egyptian medical tools and add to the information … Continue reading →

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Strange Science: Massive Black Sarcophagus Found

Posted on August 10, 2018 by scarywhitegirl

Archaeologists in Alexandria, Egypt, recently located a massive black granite sarcophagus likely from the Ptolemaic period (roughly 2,000 years ago). The sarcophagus was uncovered while preparing a site for a new building, but now researchers are faced with several problems. … Continue reading →

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Strange Science: The Disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion

Posted on January 26, 2018 by scarywhitegirl

Mass disappearances have happened throughout history, but one of the most curious is the disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion from somewhere between what is now England and Scotland, in the second century A.D. The Roman Ninth Legion was one … Continue reading →

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Strange Science: Ancient Greek Temples on Fault Lines?

Posted on September 29, 2017 by scarywhitegirl

A geologist researching fault lines in Greece has hypothesized that the ancient Greeks may have intentionally built their temples on fault lines, in order to expose themselves to prophetic visions caused by hallucination. The idea of the Pythia, the high … Continue reading →

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