Racton

Peter James's latest novel, The House on Cold Hill, was inspired, he says, by having once lived in a haunted manor near Ditchling. He had to enlist the vicar of Brighton, an exorcist, to deal with an intrusive crinolined lady. Which was done in four ...

你是不是跟妞編輯一樣，對神祕的木乃伊與空有一身傲骨的骷髏頭充滿好奇呢？繼2500歲的祭司之子木乃伊掀開神秘面紗後，同樣讓人好奇的4000歲骷髏先生，其身家檔案也被科學家大公開啦！ Photo Source: Racton Man-culture24. 這具1989年在英國奇切斯 ...

Now dubbed by the media as the 'Bronze Age superman,' the remains of a prominent member of prehistoric society were excavated from fields in the hamlet of Racton in 1989, after resting under farmland for 4,200 years. The remains stayed in storage until ...

Analysis of the skeleton's bones indicates that Racton Man stood about six feet tall and was well into his forties at the time of his death, which is beyond the average life expectancy of the time, the BBC reported. Tests on the skeleton's teeth ...

The radiocarbon dating of a little bit of one of Racton Man's teeth has shown that it's a little bit earlier than we might have anticipated. We're talking about a central date, I would say, of about 4,200 years ago – that's 2200 BC – and therefore we ...

Dr Stuart Needham, a Bronze Age specialist who took part in the study, said Racton Man would have been "someone of great seniority". "We don't understand the social structure of this time, but he would have been a very prominent member of society," Dr ...