Among the skull remains that researchers have connected to ritual decapitations in Roman London is this lower jaw with a wound, shown in close-up, that was caused by a sharp-edged weapon. © Museum of London
Posted on 08/14/2021 7:43:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Rare evidence of ritual beheadings in ancient Roman-controlled London comes from three dozen human skulls bearing an array of serious wounds, scientists say.
Decapitated heads were placed in closely spaced pits along Walbrook Stream, a tributary of the Thames River, say biological anthropologist Rebecca Redfern of the Museum of London and forensic anthropologist Heather Bonney of the Natural History Museum in London.
Damage from clubs, knives and other weapons suggests that the skulls came from victims of head-hunting by Roman soldiers or from mortally wounded gladiators who fought in a nearby amphitheater, Redfern and Bonney report January 10 in the Journal of Archaeological Science...
Hundreds of human skulls, some dating to before the Roman conquest of Britain began in the year 43, have been found along the Thames and its tributaries since the 19th century. Investigators have debated whether heads were deposited along waterways in rituals or floated to their resting places after coming loose from the bodies of people buried near the river...
The Walbrook skulls were discovered in 1989 in waterlogged pits that also contained pieces of leather. Based on relative amounts of bone wear and comparisons with other dated finds near the Walbrook Stream, another researcher previously estimated in unpublished work that the skulls accumulated mainly between the years 120 and 160. No radiocarbon dates have been calculated for the skulls.
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Among the skull remains that researchers have connected to ritual decapitations in Roman London is this lower jaw with a wound, shown in close-up, that was caused by a sharp-edged weapon. © Museum of London
[snip] “And they buried the head in the White Mount, and when it was buried, this was the third goodly concealment; and it was the third ill-fated disclosure when it was disinterred, inasmuch as no invasion from across the sea came to this island while the head was in that concealment.” [/snip]
Bran and the British Mysteries
Posted on February 28, 2013 by singinghead
https://singinghead.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/bran-and-the-british-mysteries/
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I’ve heard that London was a rough town but this is ridiculous. Now it’s Islamic terrorists knifing police and citizens. Nothing has changed in thousands of years, has it?
There can be only one!
Fish and clips.
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