Cannibal victims have been discovered in Britain for the first time in 4,500 years. The remains show that dozens of people were killed and eaten during the Bronze Age.
A team of archaeologists led by the University of Oxford examined more than 3,000 human bones and bone fragments discovered during excavations at Charterhouse Warren, a village in Somerset. The Bronze Age was a period of cultural and technological change in this country. However, according to new research, this period was also the period of cannibalism.
B.C. Analysis of human remains dating back to 2500 BC shows that dozens of people were massacred. Experts say this casts doubt on the idea that Early Bronze Age Britain was relatively peaceful.
A large number of cattle bones were found among the human bones, indicating that people at Charterhouse Warren had plenty of food. The team speculates that cannibalism may be a way to dehumanize the dead, mixing the killers’ bones with cow bones to make their enemies look like animals. The results of the research were published in the journal Antiquity.
A statue showing the real face of Queen Cleopatra had previously been found. Read about it here.
Source: People Talk
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