Three Ancient Objects That Shouldn't Be What They Are

For some ancient Indo-European languages, linguists think the original inherited word for “bear” was replaced because of a name taboo. The reconstructed Proto-Indo-European word is something close to ‘’arkto’’, preserved in words related to Greek arktos and Latin ursus. But Germanic and Slavic languages replaced it with euphemisms. The English bear comes from a Germanic word probably meaning something like “the brown one,” while Slavic Medved is traditionally interpreted as “honey-eater.” #histo

Peruvian archaeologists discovered an ancient Chimu tomb, believed to be at least 600 years old, containing the remains of 38 people.