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Fiat Lux: A Light Painting AdventureA skeleton that reminds us of a neon Indiana Jones collects artifacts as if he were collecting bonus items in a video game. It's pretty cool as a wordless short story, but the way this stop-motion sequence was made is the coolest part of it. It's a project from Darren Pearson, also known as Darius Twin. He took a long-exposure photo while waving a light through the air to draw the skeleton, all while hiding his own body from the camera. That's one frame. Then he did it 686 times to produce all eleven scenes of the animation!

Love after Death: Two Skeletons Found Hugging One Another in an Ancient Tomb in ChinaArchaeologists discovered a double burial in an ancient cemetery unearthed at a construction site in Datong, Shanxi Province, China. During an excavation held in 2020, they discovered two skeletons hugging each other at a grave site - one of the skeletons even wore a silver ring.The skeletons were identified as a man and a woman in an eternal embrace. “This discovery is a unique display of human emotion of love in a burial, offering a rare glimpse people's views towards love, life, death, and afterlife in northern China during a time of intense cultural and ethnic exchange,” said Quanchao Zhang of the Institute of Anthropology at Xiamen University in a study detailing the findings.The researchers noted that the couple likely lived during the Northern Wei dynasty (386-534) which was a politically turbulent time. The discovery is a remarkable display that love can surpass many troubles, and perhaps, even death.Image: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology#archaeology #anthropology #loverstomb #skeleton #burial #doubleburial #love #humanemotion #China #NortherWeiDynasty

Rebel without a CatalogDavid C. Brock passes along this photo of what, from my experience as a librarian, is a typical scene at a professional conference. You may get shushed in the stacks, but your v-twin won't.-via Josh Hadro#library #librarian #motorcyclevest #skeleton #skull #reading #book

Ancient Necropolis Found with 4th Century Skeletons Buried in Massive Ceramic JarsCroatian archaeologists have unearthed a necropolis dating back to the late 4th/early 5th century. Digs in the burial grounds, located on Hvar island in the Adriatic Sea, revealed that some of the remains were buried inside ceramic jars.From ARTNews:The necropolis is well-preserved and contains 20 graves with the remains of 32 individuals. Researchers also found a wealth of goods, including intact amphorae, oil lamps, glass bottles, money, and examples of pottery and ceramics.A range of tombs, from simple graves to built structures with roof tiles, were unearthed at the site. One tomb contained 12 skeletons, and was completely walled in with stonework. Some remains and grave goods were interred and sealed inside large amphorae. Further research is required to provide more details on funerary customs from the 2nd to the 5th centuries C.E., and the team plans to conduct radiocarbon dating on the various layers of remains.#necropolist #archaeology #Croatia #ceramicjar #burial #skeleton #tomb #gravesImage: Kantharos

Earliest Known Shark Attack Victim with 790 Injuries Killed 3,000 Years AgoOxford researchers were investigating a skeletal remains of a prehistoric hunter gatherer at Kyoto University, Japan, when they noticed that the man was riddled with hundreds of traumatic injuries."We were initially flummoxed by what could have caused at least 790 deep, serrated injuries to this man. There were so many injuries and yet he was buried in the community burial ground ... the injuries were mainly confined to the arms, legs, and front of the chest and abdomen," stated researchers J. Alyssa White and Rick Schulting.The researchers ruled out manmade weapons as well as predators and animal scavengers as the cause of the injuries, and concluded that the man died from a shark attack.From Sky News:Since archaeological cases of shark reports are extremely rare, they turned to forensic shark attack cases for clues and worked with expert George Burgess of the Florida Program for Shark Research.The team concluded the man, known as No 24, died between 1370 to 1010 BC.The distribution of wounds strongly suggest the victim was alive at the time of attack; his left hand was sheared off, possibly a defence wound.Image: Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Kyoto University#shark #skeleton #archaeology #Japan