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Iron Age Skull Shows Signs of Deliberate Brain Removal, Study Finds

Researchers argue the skull cuts and whittled bones point to a ritualized postmortem practice with links across northern Scottish maritime communities.

Viking-Age Mass Burial Unearthed Near Cambridge Reveals Brutal Deaths and a Trepanned Giant

Tourists Discover Centuries-Old Human Remains on Edisto Island