But the strangest thing is that these mummies were created from the body parts of several people at once
Four prehistoric graves with signs of intentional mummification were excavated in Scotland back in 2001. Now, after careful examination of the remains, scientists say that the mummy was composed of the body parts of at least three different people. Moreover, they were all members of the same family.
These statements amazed the entire scientific world. Scientists from Sheffield say that the graves of a three-month-old child, an adult man and two women, young and in their 40s, were discovered. Female mummies are "composite", with one of them having a male skull. The male mummy is also composite. This was shown by radiocarbon analysis of the remains. The only whole is a child.
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Sheffield University professor Mike Parker Pearson suggests that the mummies were dug up several times and used for some kind of ritual. Perhaps they played an important role in tribal councils, as is sometimes practiced in savage tribes, where the skulls and skeletons of ancestors are kept on a shelf in the main hut itself.
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