Human skulls made into pots, drinking cups 4,000 years ago linked to 'human cannibalism

Kyle

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Human skulls were used as recently as the Bronze Age to make pots and drinking cups, startling new research shows.

The study notes that the skulls were cleaned and then fashioned into drinkware, complete with decorations and war trophies. It's unknown whether they were actually used, but researchers believe there may have been a need to extract the brain for nutritional purposes.

“The ritual use of human skulls has been documented in several archaeological sites of different chronologies and geographical areas," the study's lead author, Francesc Marginedas, told British news agency SWNS. “This practice could be related to decapitations for obtaining war trophies, to the production of masks, as decorative elements, even with engravings, or to what is known as skull cups."




Well it's not as if Tupperware was available! :sshrug:
 
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