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Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?
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Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?
Very little is known about funerary practices in Iron Age Britain, since few human remains have survived. However, the environment in northwest Scotland is more conducive to preserving bone from that period. Archaeologists have previously noted evidence of postmortem manipulation of human remains, such as mummification, and of modifying human bones into tools or decorative artifacts.
Helmet hoard off Benicarló coast trades its Roman label for far stranger medieval origins
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Art collector loses legal fight over sculpture featuring 165-year-old elephant tusk
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