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Slovakian Dig Unearths 7,000-Year-Old Headless Skeletons
30 Oct
Summary
- Archaeologists found 77 headless skeletons dating back 7,000 years.
- Skulls and lower jaws are systematically missing from the Vrable settlement.
- The discovery includes men, women, teenagers, and young children.
Near the Slovakian town of Vrable, archaeologists have unearthed a perplexing discovery at a 7,000-year-old Stone Age farming settlement. Excavations initially revealed four headless skeletons within a V-shaped ditch, a common practice for burials at the time, but the deliberate removal of skulls was unusual.
Further excavations since 2017 have significantly increased the grim tally. Researchers have now documented the remains of 77 headless individuals, including men, women, and teenagers, interred in a chaotic manner within a ditch near a settlement entrance. These bodies lacked typical grave goods.
Recent work by a joint team from Kiel University and the Slovak Academy of Sciences has uncovered even more bodies in the extensive defensive ditch. The inclusion of young children buried with scattered artifacts further complicates the interpretation of these ancient burials, leaving the whereabouts and reasons for the missing skulls a profound mystery.
