Cemetery of Deformed Skulls Reveals Chaos After the Fall of Rome

April 30, 2020 - General

Left: Upper part of the body of grave 43 during excavation. The girl had an artificially deformed skull, was place in a grave with a side niche and richly equipped with a necklace, earrings, a comb and glass beads. The girl belonged to a group of people with a non-local origin and similar dietary habits, which appeared to have arrived at the site about 10 years after its establishment. (Wosinsky Mór Museum) Right: Artificially deformed skull of an adult woman. Permanent binding during childhood caus

Researchers studying deformed skulls from an ancient cemetery in Hungary tell of a multicultural transition between locals and migrant Romans.

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