Rock art is one of the most fascinating legacies of prehistoric societies. In caves in France and Spain, paintings up to 40,000 years old have been discovered, many of them in hard-to-reach areas and in conditions that we would today consider extreme. However, one aspect that has intrigued researchers is the presence of children in […]
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Posted inClassical Archaeology
Twin Babies from the 2nd Century AD Buried Together in the Same Grave of a Roman Villa, Found in Ancient Tragurium, Croatia
Archaeologists discovered two twin babies buried together in a grave dating between the late 1st century and the late 2nd century AD in the ancient city of Tragurium, now modern-day Trogir in Croatia. The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, reconstructs the osteobiography of these infants, offering a detailed insight into their […]
Posted inBronze Age Archaeology
Prehistoric Marbles, Whistles, and Other Vestiges of Childhood Games from Bronze Age, Discovered in the Carpathian Basin
A group of researchers from the Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb has revealed fascinating evidence about how children played during the Late Bronze Age (14th to 9th centuries BCE) in the southern Carpathian Basin. According to a recently published study, the ceramic toys and other objects found in settlements and graves in Croatia, Slovenia, and […]
Posted inBronze Age Archaeology
30 Circular Stone Tombs of Children from 2800 Years Ago Found in Norway Are a Unique Discovery in Europe
In December 2023, archaeologists from the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo discovered an unknown burial site in a quarry near Fredrikstad, in southeastern Norway. This find has revealed an astonishing set of more than 30 tombs, most of them belonging to babies, buried over 2000 years ago. The team of archaeologists, led by Guro […]
Posted inModern Era
Christian Heinrich Heineken, the child prodigy who impressed Europe at just four years old
It is surprising that centuries ago, in times when access to education was practically restricted to the elites and pedagogy lacked the qualitative specialization developed today, child prodigies emerged with some frequency. In this sense, the 18th century, the Age of Enlightenment, gave birth to some very famous ones, with Mozart being the archetype of […]
