Human heads were butchered for their meat and ritually scooped out in Bronze Age Europe
Human heads were butchered and ritually scooped out — to leave bowl-like remains dubbed ‘skull cups’ — as late as in Bronze Age Europe, 4,000 years ago. An international team of researchers found evidence that skulls were processed in a consistent, systematic manner for a total of around 15,000 years. It is not clear exactly … Read more