Lovell Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Mystery of Britain?s 'Franken-mummies? It is one of Britain?s most intriguing archeological mysteries. When two almost perfectly preserved 3,000-year-old human skeletons were dug up on a remote Scottish island, they were the first evidence that ancient Britons preserved their dead using mummification. The scientists who uncovered the bodies also found clues that one of them ? a man buried in a crouching position ? was not a single individual, but had in fact been assembled from the body parts of several different people.[...] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9559815/Mystery-of-Britains-Franken-mummies.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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