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Ancient Britons devoured their dead and created gruesome goblets from the skulls of their remains. |
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Ancient Britons devoured their dead and created gruesome goblets from the skulls of their remains, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, Reuters reported.
Researchers from London's Natural History Museum uncovered 15,000-year-old human bones in southern England that showed signs of cannibalism and skulls made into drinking cups.
"It's impossible to know how the skull-cups were used back then, but in recent examples they may hold blood, wine or food during rituals," said Chris Stringer, who helped excavate one of the skull-cups in 1987. (點擊路透社網(wǎng)站查看原文)
研究:古英國人同類相食
???????路透社消息,周三發(fā)表在公共科學(xué)圖書館雜志PLoS ONE上的一項研究稱,遠(yuǎn)古時代的英國人不僅吞食自己死去的同類,還把他們的頭蓋骨制作成令人毛骨悚然的酒杯。
???????倫敦自然歷史博物館的研究人員在英格蘭南部發(fā)現(xiàn)了一萬五千年前的人類骨骼。這些骨骼顯示有同類相食的跡象。而其中的頭蓋骨則被制作成了杯子。
???????克里斯·斯特林格曾在1987年參與挖掘其中的一個頭蓋骨杯子,他說:“我們不可能知道當(dāng)時頭蓋骨杯子的用途,但是最近出土的一些杯子則有可能是在某些儀式上使用的,用來盛血、酒或者食物。” |