Archaeologists Identify Franklin Expedition Captain Who Became Food for His Crew
Captain James Fitzjames served as captain of the HMS Erebus, but his rank didn't prevent his men from eating his remains in a ...
Smithsonian Magazine15h
DNA Reveals Identity of Officer on the Lost Franklin Expedition—and His Remains Show Signs of Cannibalism
Researchers recently identified James Fitzjames, a captain on the ill-fated HMS Erebus that went looking for the Northwest ...
Pride, sorrow mix for Franklin expedition descendant after DNA match with Erebus captain
Nigel Gambier has always been proud of his ancestor, who captained one of the ill-starred ships on Sir John Franklin's ...
Cannibalised remains from doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition finally identified
The cannibalised skeletal remains of a member of the doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition have been identified as that of Captain James Fitzjames. In 1845, Sir John Franklin ventured to find a ...
An Exclusive Peek at the Met’s Reimagined Rockefeller Wing
With more than 1,800 works from five continents, and new scholarship, refreshed galleries present the arts of Africa, the ...
Halloween superfans see the culture catching up to them. (A 12-foot skeleton helped)
Home Depot was about to launch something big — really big — when the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020: a 12-foot skeleton.
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SE Alaska’s ‘Submerged Past’ offers clues to human migration in North America
Research in Southeast Alaska could expand the changing story of how the first humans arrived and traveled in the American ...
Reuters20h
United States
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with bribery and illegally soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Thursday ...