SWITCH: Mobile | ePaper | Subscribe

Homes Rentals Jobs Autos Contests

skulls

Gift-wrapped human skulls found near Mormon churches in Brazil

Last updated Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 3:25pm

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo are baffled by a macabre puzzle: someone has been leaving gift-wrapped human skulls around town.

skulls, International, LDS Church Read more Comments

Native American skulls repatriated from England

Steve Chawkins Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 7:18am

Nobody thought much about the locked metal cabinet in the medical school at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. It was another forgotten fixture in the anatomy department -- until a researcher last year found seven skulls with yellowing labels indicating the remains were those of Native Americans from California's Central Coast.

Native Americans, skulls, International Read more Comments

Dr. Jan Garavaglia, Orange/Osceola chief medical examiner, talks about the discovery of what is thought to be Peruvian bones and artifacts at a Winter Garden construction site, Friday, May 11, 2012, in Orlando, Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

Experts puzzled by ancient skulls found in Florida

Bianco Prieto The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 9:45am

ORLANDO, Fla. -- At first, it appeared to be a discovery with sinister implications: Two skulls unearthed by a swimming pool contractor in a Winter Garden, Fla., neighborhood.

Now, the human remains are the focus of an archaeological mystery.

Archaeology, skulls, National Read more Comments

Prosecutors have chosen not to take on the U.S. Constitution in a case of a priest accused of possessing two human skulls in a shed behind his Clearfield home.

Charges dismissed against man with human skulls

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 2:59pm

FARMINGTON — Prosecutors have chosen not to take on the U.S. Constitution in a case of a priest accused of possessing two human skulls in a shed behind his Clearfield home.

Crime, Courts, Religion, skulls, U.S. Constitution Read more Comments