German archaeologists discovered that the skulls of three medieval Viking women found on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea showed evidence of an unusual procedure to elongate their ...

The burial site Chega Sofla has many skeletons with elongated skulls, likely from a practice called cranial bandaging where people use wrapped fabric to permanently reshape the skull in infancy and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Archeologists have spent over a decade excavating an ancient ...

The "Princess" with the elongated skull, a piece in the patrimony of the Buzau County Museum, recently introduced in the MuseumBus tour, represents one of the evidences of the skull deformation ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Skull of a woman with skull modification found in a Hun-era burial in Pusztataskony, Hungary, ...

An artistic representation of the Gotlant burial of a Viking-era woman with a modified skull Current Swedish Archaeology / Mirosław Kuźma / Matthias Toplak Examples of artificially altered bones ...

Megaraptorans were known for their elongated skulls and powerful claws. Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered a new predatory dinosaur -- the fossils of which contained a crocodile bone within ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The burial site Chega Sofla has many skeletons with elongated skulls, likely from a practice called cranial bandaging where people use wrapped fabric ...