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Bizarre, elongated skulls found in Siberia
Digitial Journal ^ | 28 Feb 2009 | Adriana Stuijt

Posted on 03/12/2009 11:00:58 AM PDT by BGHater

This one-minute video shows skulls dating from the 4th century AD, excavated near Omsk, Siberia by Russian archeologists. They show a prominent deformation which they said was created by skull clamping or binding of newborns crania.

Archeologists deem these too strange to be publicly displayed in the city museum. From the front the skulls look like that of a normal human, but when turned to the side it's clear that this is not the case. The skulls are grossly elongated.

Scholars at the Omsk Museum of History and Culture have no conclusive answer as to the origins of these skulls, which were found in burial mounds that are believed to date from the 4th century AD

Because of the skulls' bizarre shape they do not show them to the public, fearing that people might be too shocked.''This really shocked and even frightened people. Because the skull's shape was unusual for a human,'' said Igor Skandakov, director of the Omsk Museum of History and Culture.

Scientists said that the skulls have marks that could be due to artificial deformation of a normal skull. They surmise that the ancient communities deliberately deformed the skulls of their children, by applying force through a head press, almost from the moment of birth. Why they might have done this is not clear.

Over the years, there have been people inclined to believe that the strange skulls belonged to aliens who visited our planet centuries ago. ''There are myths about gods who descended from the heavens and who had elongated heads. They were very special special and were revered,'' said Skandakov.

But most scientists do not accept this idea, and are certain that such deformation was carried out either as a status symbol of belonging to the elite of society, or perhaps as a way to enhance the functioning of one's brain. ''It's unlikely that the ancients knew much about neuro-surgery. But it's possible that somehow they were able to develop exceptional brain capabilities,'' said archeologist Alexei Matveyev.

''These people were some form of living instrument who were able, for instance, to determine whether or not there was danger, as well as to predict the weather,'' said Kirill Makarov, director of the Agency for Social and Informational Technology.

South America:

Dozens of such elongated skulls have been found in many other places of the world, primarily in South and Central America in graves of the ancient indigenous civilisations.

However, they've also been found in graves in France, Norway and Russia's North Caucasus region. In nearly all these cases, the remains are at least 1,500 years old. see

This wide geographic stretch gives rise to yet another question: if such deformation was a fashion statement or an attempt to enhance brain capabilities, how is it possible that it was practised in many different regions of the world that had no contact with each other?

The Omsk museum hopes to answer these questions when it launches another archeological expedition this summer deep in the forests to the north of Omsk. This expedition will repeat efforts made in August 2008 during a similar dig. see

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TOPICS: Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: caucasus; elongated; elongatedskulls; france; godsgravesglyphs; norway; russia; scientistsbaffled; siberia; skull
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Strange Elongated Skulls Discovered

1 posted on 03/12/2009 11:00:58 AM PDT by BGHater
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To: SunkenCiv

Russian elongated skull ping.


2 posted on 03/12/2009 11:01:20 AM PDT by BGHater (Tyranny is always better organised than freedom)
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To: BGHater

3 posted on 03/12/2009 11:03:10 AM PDT by Spirochete
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To: BGHater
Looks like they had their headgear on too tight!!! ;)
4 posted on 03/12/2009 11:04:17 AM PDT by BossLady ("WE are the origin of all coming evil" ~~ Carl Jung~~)
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To: BGHater

Early Carvilles?


5 posted on 03/12/2009 11:04:29 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice
Very early.


6 posted on 03/12/2009 11:05:06 AM PDT by BGHater (Tyranny is always better organised than freedom)
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To: BGHater

This is interesting. Thanks for the post.


7 posted on 03/12/2009 11:05:10 AM PDT by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: BGHater
"...Archeologists deem these too strange to be publicly displayed in the city museum...."

Oh c'mon, we can take it. Bring on the elongated skulls!

8 posted on 03/12/2009 11:05:56 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (I just hope CW2 comes before my creaky knees give out completely!)
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To: BGHater

Reminds me of that Indy flick...


9 posted on 03/12/2009 11:06:40 AM PDT by max americana
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To: BGHater

Can anyone scare up a graphic of early nineteenth-century artist George Catlin’s portraits of Flathead Indians?

Or maybe that was Karl Bodmer.


10 posted on 03/12/2009 11:07:15 AM PDT by sinanju
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To: BGHater

A wacky hairdo does not a wacky skull make.


11 posted on 03/12/2009 11:08:03 AM PDT by sinanju
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To: BGHater
Here's how the Mayan achieved that look...


12 posted on 03/12/2009 11:08:12 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: pabianice

LOL. The neo-Carvilleman.


13 posted on 03/12/2009 11:10:23 AM PDT by Obadiah (Party - my house - on December 22, 2012!)
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To: BGHater; GodGunsGuts
scientists baffled.


14 posted on 03/12/2009 11:11:10 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: I Buried My Guns

LOL


15 posted on 03/12/2009 11:11:32 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Ouch.


16 posted on 03/12/2009 11:12:18 AM PDT by Earthdweller (Socialism makes you feel better about oppressing people.....)
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To: BGHater
Strange elongated skull! With wings!!! Photobucket
17 posted on 03/12/2009 11:12:35 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows

18 posted on 03/12/2009 11:13:18 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ("I certainly hope he (Bush) doesnÂ’t succeed" - Democratic strategist James Carville 9-11-2001)
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To: BGHater
Eggheads!


19 posted on 03/12/2009 11:15:01 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out
I saw this movie.


20 posted on 03/12/2009 11:15:19 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ("I certainly hope he (Bush) doesnÂ’t succeed" - Democratic strategist James Carville 9-11-2001)
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