Kristina Killgrove

Joined: Apr 7, 2016

Kristina Killgrove is a semi-retired anthropologist and writes for outlets such as Forbes, Mental Floss, and Smithsonian Magazine,

Tollund Man—a bog body at the Silkeborg Museum in Denmark

Tollund Man on display at the Silkeborg Museum, Denmark.

A “vampire” skeleton found in Sozopol, Bulgaria.

A reconstruction of Ötzi the Iceman at the South Tyrol Archaeological Museum in Italy.

Don't be afraid to throw around a curse or two!

"Never do better than the mime."

Oblique cuts in the bottom third of the legs of a medieval skeleton found in Portugal.

A team recently excavated three graves located at the edge of a medieval cemetery.

Archaeology badger don’t care if it's mucking up our knowledge of the ancient past.

Unearthed in St. Augustine, Florida, the remains may date back to the Spanish settlement of the city in the mid 16th century.

Bird poop has been a favored fertilizer for centuries—and, it turns out, is an excellent preserver of human flesh.

This list is for the more macabre among you.

Medicine and fashion may have collided in this tuberculosis treatment.

Researchers analyzed 20 sets of human remains from one of the many workhouses where entire families were institutionalized—and made to work long hours—as a "remedy" to poverty.

The Antikythera Mechanism is in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

The mysterious Antikythera mechanism—sometimes called 'the world's first computer'—has fascinated scholars for decades.

Porpoise porridge, anyone?

The ravages of "phossy jaw"—necrosis of the jaw bone caused by phosphorus poisoning—may have been discovered in a young teenager's remains.

Reproduction of woodcut, 1483. Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 4.0

And when did women and babies start surviving it?

Kristina Killgrove

Joined: Apr 7, 2016

8 Kinds of Mummies That Aren’t From Ancient Egypt

A Brief History of Bog Bodies

8 Historical Methods for Keeping the Dead in their Graves

13 Cool Facts About Ötzi the Iceman

7 Ancient Roman Curses You Can Work into Modern Life

Archaeologists Make Rare, Gruesome Find in Portugal

6 Archaeological Finds Made by Badgers

Are These the Skeletons of the First European Colonists in the U.S.?

How the Global Bird-Poop Trade Created a Traveling Mummy Craze

15 Mummies You Can See Around the World

Skeleton of 19th-Century British Man Reveals He Wore a Corset

Irish Teeth Reveal the Chemical Signature of the Great Famine

15 Intriguing Facts About the Antikythera Mechanism

13 Offbeat Ancient Recipes from Around the World

Matchsticks Once Sickened and Deformed Women and Children

Just How Old Is C-Section Birth?