Historians impressed by the deformed skull found
In 50 kilometers from Kerch, on the ancient necropolis of Kyz-Aul (Yakovenkovo village), volunteers of the Archeology Foundation discovered interesting finds. For example, after three weeks of field camps, the burial of a baby from the 2nd century AD was found. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that according to the barbarian tradition, the skull was severely deformed.
“The members of the expedition immediately dubbed this burial place“the grave of an alien,”said Oleg Markov, director of development for the Archeology Foundation. “An accompanying material was found near the skeleton, which consisted of a molded vessel, small beads of paste glass and a bracelet of copper alloy worn on the right hand. The burial itself was made in an earthen grave without slab overlap. The buried person lay with his head to the east.
Burial of an infant with a deformed skull. Photo: Archeology Foundation
According to the anthropologist, it was a boy and at the time of his death he was no more than 1.5 years old. This is indicated by the fontanelle not overgrown on the skull. Accordingly, his head was deformed almost immediately after birth. In the layer where the "alien" was discovered, there are burials from the 1st century BC. to the 3rd century AD The monumental stone crypts, which are considered the tombs of the Sarmatized military nobility of the Bosporus kingdom, also belong to the same period.
“Just three meters from this burial place, our volunteers are clearing one of these crypts,” Markov says. - Deformation of the skulls is most often found in the Sarmatians, especially the late ones, and is one of the signs of their identification. It is known that the first finds of artificially deformed skulls were made by the founder of Bosporan archeology Paul Dubrux in 1826 in the necropolises of the Cimmerian Bosporus, in the Kerch region.
Cleansing of burials at the Kyz-Aul necropolis. Photo: Archeology Foundation
According to experts, the cranial deformity was most likely carried out to indicate belonging to a group or to demonstrate social status. Of course, for supporters of paleocontact, this kind of skulls are irrefutable evidence of contact with aliens.
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Ksatati, according to some researchers, this kind of change in the shape of the skull led to a change in a person's character, for example, to increased aggressiveness.
- So, the Sarmatians, in whom the deformation of the skull was very common, were a militarized people and were distinguished by increased aggression, - experts say. - It is quite possible that our boy, buried in the Kyz-Aul necropolis, was also destined to become a warrior, a horse cataphractor, a defender of the Bosporus state.
Deformed skulls from the Kerch Archaeological Museum. Photo: www.archae.ru
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