Category: The Grisly Past

For centuries, oozing wounds were seen as proof of guilt in court—but even in death, women’s testimony was considered less credible than men’s.

From presidents to outlaws, many types of people have been exhumed to answer questions about how they lived and died.

The skull belonged to a young man and was buried in Brazil about 9,000 years old, with severed hands covering its face in a mysterious pose