Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Roman Headhunters Update

Roman head hunters in England: Improved forensic techniques have shed new light on 39 skulls excavated near Museum of London in 1988 

 Scores of skulls excavated in the heart of London have provided the first gruesome evidence of Roman head hunters operating in Britain, gathering up the heads of executed enemies or fallen gladiators from the nearby amphitheatre, and exposing them for years in open pits.

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