The Bone Museum is the largest collection of real human bones on display on the East Coast. Its mission is to make osteology, the study of bones, accessible to the public. The museum is located at 255 ...

Banner image: A petroglyph of a horse in the Ferghana Valley of Kyrgyzstan. (Credit: William Taylor) As anyone who’s spent time in the saddle knows, riding a horse can be hard on your body. But can it ...

Archaeologists did discover the skeletons nicknamed the "Hasanlu Lovers" positioned in an apparent embrace, and the skeletons have been dated to around 800 B.C., roughly 2,800 years ago. However ...

Skulls from the Josef Hyrtl Collection at the Mutter Museum, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Copyright AFP Hector RETAMAL Skulls from the Josef Hyrtl Collection at ...

From the moment visitors step into the lobby, the Museum of Osteology lives up to its name. The skulls of dozens of hoofed mammals — from bighorn sheep and bison to bushbuck and sitatunga antelopes — ...

Studying medieval skeletons is a direct way to obtain information about life in medieval societies with very little other information available about the living conditions of ordinary people. In this ...

PHILADELPHIA — For years, a man’s giant intestine was anonymously on display at a US medical museum in Philadelphia, identified only by his initials JW. Today, the donor display for Joseph Williams ...