The label that has been accompanying the remains for almost 50 years reads as so: “Burial found in situ of a man with deformed vertebrae. Traditionally it is stated that it may be the monk Juan ...

A new analysis of a skeleton buried under Hernán Cortés' palace in Mexico reveals that it doesn't belong to a monk, as was long thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Archaeologists believed they had unearthed the remains of a Byzantine monk buried beneath an ancient monastery in Jerusalem. But years later, new scientific evidence has turned that theory upside ...

The mystery of Japan's mummified "rainbow dragon" was recently solved by researchers. The skeleton dates back to the 11th or 12th century and was found in Nara.

Chained in faith: 5th-century female skeleton may be world’s 1st self-mortifying Christian nun Cutting-edge technology allows a team of Israeli researchers to determine that mysterious ironclad ...

The skeleton was found in the town of Pommerœul, near Belgium’s border with France. Placed in the fetal position, it was the only intact body in a graveyard containing 76 cremation burials.

Charles Byrne's deathbed wish was to be buried at sea, but a surgeon stole his body and put his skeleton on display. More than 200 years later, a London museum is taking it down.