Dead heads: Turkish site reveals more evidence of neolithic 'skull cult'

Fragments of three skulls found at G öbekli Tepe have hallmarks of being carved with flint after being scalped and defleshed firstFragments of carved bone unearthed at an ancient site on a Turkish hillside are evidence that the people who spent time there belonged to a neolithic “skull cult” – a group that embraces rituals around the heads of the dead.The remains were uncovered during field work at G öbekli Tepe, an 11,000-year-old site in the south-east of the country, where thousands of pieces of human bone were found, including sections of skulls bearing grooves, holes and the occasional dab of ochre.Continue reading...
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