In a nutshell Exposure to salt water nearly doubles skin stiffness and drying stress compared to fresh water, explaining the tight, dry feeling after swimming in the ocean. Salt crystals left on the ...

The discovery confirms a claim made by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus that the Scythians (circa 800 B.C. to A.D. 300) used human flesh for leather.. To investigate, researchers analyzed 45 ...

These ancient nomads made human leather out of their enemies. 2,400 years ago, a Greek historian described how the fearsome Scythians fashioned items from the skins of those they defeated.

Archaeologists have made a 'grisly' discovery in Ukraine- leather fashioned from human skin by nomadic warriors 2,000 years ago.. The artifacts belonged to the ancient Scythians, who originated ...

It was like a Buffalo Bill trinket — but 100% cruelty-free. A UK woman redefined body art after revealing that she turned the four pounds of skin from her weight loss surgery into human leather.

The skin was allegedly used for a ghastly project: making human leather. Lodge was expected to appear in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Newsweek ...

Leather samples, including human skin, from Scythian sites in Ukraine. Image: M. Daragan Scythians in modern-day Ukraine made leather out of human skin, a team of researchers has determined ...

Together they soaked her skin in special oils and chemicals, stretched it and dried it out, turning it into leather. Katie plans to use it in an art exhibition. "You can see my Caesarean scar, stretch ...

Continue to blow dry that section of the leather until the heat begins to smooth out the wrinkles. This could take several minutes per section. When you’re satisfied with the smoothness, turn ...

The team, led by Luise Ørsted Brandt of the University of Copenhagen, analysed 45 scraps of leather from 14 burial sites across Ukraine, and found two items containing human skin.