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How This Ancient, Defleshed Human Skull Ended Up in Such a Strange Spot – Gizmodo Australia
Archaeologists may have finally figured out how a 5,300-year-old skull ended up on the ledge of a deep vertical cave shaft in northern Italy. The skull, with no…

Archaeologists may have finally figured out how a 5,300-year-old skull ended up on the ledge of a deep vertical cave shaft in northern Italy.
The skull, with no jaw, was discovered in 2015 during exploratory work at a natural gypsum cave in northern Italy. It was found near the top of a vertical shaft, approximately 12 metres below a complex of meandering caves and 26 metres below ground level.
That a skull should be found in such a strange and isolated spot came as a complete surprise, to say the…
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