From shrunken heads and mummified mermaids to occultist ... his habit for collecting these curiosities to an “infectious disease” and created the museum as an artwork in its own right.

A remarkably well-preserved shrunken head has just been authenticated by DNA analysis, which provides strong evidence that anecdotal accounts of violent head-hunting in South America were true.

Smiling she passes over her phone showing a snap of her cheeky-faced little boy in a bright yellow T-shirt which says ‘Small is beautiful’. Sarah’s treasured photo is a world away from the ...

None of his relatives have tested positive for the disease following extensive screening. Scroll down for video Mahmudur Rahman, director of the country's Institute for Epidemiology ...

Shrunken heads are a key part of the “scary tribal people” setup. And some cultures did, in fact, create miniature heads for religious and spiritual purposes. But how does one take a regular ...

Researchers from Western University have verified the authenticity of a South American tsantsa (shrunken head) as human remains, an important step in the global effort toward decolonization and ...

Researchers have used computer scans to successfully authenticate a real shrunken human head that has been stored at a museum. The researchers, from institutions in Canada and Ecuador, say the ...