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Black History Series: The Liberated African Graveyard of St. Helena,

February 8, 2019

This is part two of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. In this second part, I’ll discuss the Read More

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Tales From The Grave: Sacralization of the Lumbar

November 28, 2018

This is a small series that will focus on some of the types of trauma, pathology and degeneration I examined will at the Odyssey Field School in Cyprus. Please note that the images included are Read More

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Tales from the Grave: Concha Bullosa

September 27, 2018

This is a small series that will focus on some of the types of trauma, pathology, interesting variations and degeneration I examined while in Cyprus at the Odyssey Field School. Please note that the images Read More

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Plummer-Vinson Syndrome with Mutilans Rheumatoid Arthritis

October 17, 2017

I recently came across some strange x-rays of a hand. At first, I thought the deformation of the bone and hand tissue was perhaps due to an accident of some sort, but the longer I Read More

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The Skeleton Trade: Life, Death, and Commerce in Early Modern

vvrj0 July 19, 2015

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Can We Talk About That Bone Floating Around In Your

Myeashea Alexander October 20, 2014

There are about 206 (with some variation) bones in an adult human skeleton. As babies, we have about 270 soft bones, but as we grow and our bodies change, certain bones begin to go through a process Read More

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Black History Series: The Liberated African Graveyard of St. Helena,

Tales From The Grave: Sacralization of the Lumbar

Tales from the Grave: Concha Bullosa

Plummer-Vinson Syndrome with Mutilans Rheumatoid Arthritis

The Skeleton Trade: Life, Death, and Commerce in Early Modern

Can We Talk About That Bone Floating Around In Your

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