A team of researchers recently investigated the paint coating a 1,000-year-old gold mask taken from an elite tomb of a community in western Peru that is today known as the Sicán. They were intrigued ...

A 1,000-year-old mask discovered on the head of an ancient skeleton was painted using human blood, according to a new study. Archaeologists with the Sicán Archaeological Project unearthed the gold ...

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I wonder if the accompanying people were interred at the same time or at their natural point of death. Also, I interpreted "upside down" skeleton to mean the skeleton was in a prone position while the ...

Police in Germany are investigating swastikas painted with human blood on dozens of cars, mailboxes, and buildings in Hanau HANAU, Germany -- Police in Germany said Thursday they were investigating ...

THIS FUNERAL mask, photographed by Yoshii Yutaka of the Sicán Archaeological Project, in Peru, was discovered 30 years ago, 800km to the north of Lima. The Sicán were a group who flourished around 500 ...