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• Ask the Osteologist | QnA Special with VangelinaSkov

  QnA special episode answering your questions!

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• How Human Bones Were Used to Stop Paris Sinking

  Discover how Paris’s ancient quarries, once used to build the city, transformed into one of the world’s largest underground graveyards. From collapsing streets to overcrowded cemeteries, uncover the chilling history behind the Paris Catacombs and the millions of skeletons resting beneath the City of Lights. 🎧 Love video? Watch episodes and dive deeper into the stories here! 👉 Explore more mysteries and exclusive content here! 💡 Got a case in mind? Suggest new episode ideas here! References Author Unknown (2024) “The Ossuary”, Les Catacombes de Paris. https://www.catacombes.paris.fr/en/history/ossuary Deps, P. D., Collin, S. M., Robin, S., & Charlier, P. (2020) “Leprosy in skulls from the Paris Catacombs”, Annals of Human Biology, 1–6. doi:10.1080/03014460.2020.171 Lau, R., Bellido, M., Reichert, A., & Leung, E. Y. C. (2017). “Transforming Catacombs and the City of Paris: The Spatial Relationship Between the Home for the Living and the Dead”, Dynamics of Community Formation, 237–248. doi:10.1057/978-1-137-53359-3_12 Schmeidler, K. (2022) “Prevalence of Wormian (Sutural) Bones in the Paris Catacombs Ossuary”, The FASEB Journal, 36. 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R5654. Willsher, K. (2024) “‘Bodies were dropped down quarry shafts’: secrets of millions buried in Paris catacombs come to light”, The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/19/bodies-quarry-shafts-millions-buried-paris-catacombs Music Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=005 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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• How One Disabled Teenager Navigated Life in Ancient Roman Britain

  Explore the fascinating story of a disabled teenager who lived in Roman Britain nearly 2,000 years ago. Through the osteological study of their remains, we uncover how they adapted to life with impairments and what their care reveals about attitudes toward disability in the ancient world. Discover how this young individual’s life challenges our modern assumptions about Roman society and the treatment of people with disabilities. 🎧 Love video? Watch episodes on YouTube here! 👉 Explore more mysteries and exclusive content here! 💡 Got a case in mind? Suggest new episode ideas here! References Castells Navarro, L., Southwell-Wright, W., Manchester, K. and Buckberry, J. (2017) Interpretation of a probable case of Poliomyelitis in the Romano-British social context. Nagouse, E. and Jenner, G. (2021) "Disability in the Ancient World", You're Dead to Me Podcast. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0b0wd4p Roberts, C.A., Knüsel, C.J. and Race, L. (2004) "A foot deformity from a Romano-British cemetery at Gloucester, England, and the current evidence for talipes in palaeopathology", Int. J. Osteoarchaeol., 14: 389-403. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.723 Tilly, L. (2012) "The Bioarchaeology of Care", The Society of American Archaeology Archaeological Record 12 (3), 39-41. Music Intro: Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=005 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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• Do These Bones Really Belong to Saint Valentine?

  Explore the mystery behind Saint Valentine’s relics, scattered across Europe from his skull in Rome to a vial of blood in Dublin. Are these bones really his, or is the story of the patron saint of love more fiction than fact? Join us as we uncover the truth behind the relics and the man behind Valentine’s Day. 👉 Explore more mysteries and exclusive content here! 💡 Got a case in mind? Suggest new episode ideas here! References Author Unknown (2012) “Relics of St. Valentine at Whitefriar Street Church”, Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/relics-of-saint-valentine-at-the-whitefriar-street-church Author Unknown (2013) “What is Valentine's Day and how did it start?”, BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16945378 Author Unknown (2018) “St Valentine: Does this 3D reconstruction show his face?”, BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-43056345 Cruz, J.C. (1984) Relics: What They Are and Why They Matter. Our Sunday Visitor Inc., Huntington, Indiana, USA. Estabrook, K. (2016) Who was St. Valentine, really? The gruesome history behind the “day of love”, The Chanticleer, 54(14), 1. Hales, J.W. (1882) St. Valentine's Day, The Antiquary, 5, 41-50. History.com Editors (2024) “History of Valentine’s Day”, History. https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2 Holleman, A. W. J. (1973) Ovid and the Lupercalia, Historia: Zeitschrift Für Alte Geschichte, 22(2), 260–68. Moraes, C. (2017) “The 3D facial reconstruction of Saint Valentine, the patron saint of lovers!”, Arc-Team Open Research. https://arc-team-open-research.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-3d-facial-reconstruction-of-saint.html O’Connell, R. (2022) “Behind the mystery of Saint Valentine’s bones”, National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/behind-the-mystery-of-st-valentines-final-resting-place Sachs, E. (1963) Some Notes on the Lupercalia, The American Journal of Philology, 84(3), 266–79. Tennant, P.M.W. (1988) THE LUPERCALIA AND THE ROMULUS AND REMUS LEGEND, Acta Classica, 31, 81–93. The Editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica (2024) “Lupercalia”, Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lupercalia The Editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica (2024) “Saint Valentine”, Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Valentine Music Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=005 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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• 300 Died Waiting for Rescue that Never Arrived Inside Herculaneum’s Final Hours

  Delve into the tragic final hours of Herculaneum, the wealthy Roman town buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Once thought to have escaped, over 300 victims were found centuries later, waiting for a rescue that never came. Discover how this extraordinary archaeological find sheds new light on ancient Roman life and the catastrophic event that sealed their fate. 👉 Explore more mysteries and exclusive content here! 💡 Got a case in mind? Suggest new episode ideas here! References  Author Unknown (2024) "Herculaneum", Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/Herculaneum Author Unknown (2024) “Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata”, UNESCO World Heritage Convention. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/829/ Author Unknown (2024) Parco Archelogico di Ercolano. https://ercolano.cultura.gov.it/?lang=en Bisel, C. (1991). The human skeletons of Herculaneum. International Journal of Anthropology, 6(1), 1–20. doi:10.1007/bf02447284 Bisel, S. C. (1987) Human Bones at Herculaneum, Rivista di studi pompeiani, I, 123-129. Capasso, L. (2000). Herculaneum victims of the volcanic eruptions of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The Lancet, 356(9238), 1344–1346. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02827-0 Martyn, R., et al. (2020). A re-evaluation of manner of death at Roman Herculaneum following the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius. Antiquity, 94(373), 76–91. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.215 Martyn, R. E. V., Garnsey, P., Fattore, L., Petrone, P., Sperduti, A., Bondioli, L., & Craig, O. E. (2018). Capturing Roman dietary variability in the catastrophic death assemblage at Herculaneum. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 19, 1023–1029. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.08.008 Petrone, P. (2019) The Herculaneum victims of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption: a review, Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 97, 1-22. doi 10.4436/jass.97008 Music Intro: Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=005 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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