Remains in a first-century A.D. tomb near Jerusalem’s Old City show first known case of leprosy according to DNA analysis. The remains were found still in a shroud, which was made with a simple two-way weave, unlike the Shroud of Turin’s complex weave, further evidence that the latter is of medieval date. The New Haven […]

 Flowers have been found in a 4,000-year-old grave in Scotland. Pollen has found at other sites, but scientists could not rule out that it didn’t come from honey or mead. “These are the first proof that people in the Bronze Age were actually placing flowers with burials,” said Kenneth Brophy of the University of Glasgow.   […]