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Ancient Brits ate their dead

Ancient Britons devoured their dead and created gruesome goblets from the skulls of their remains.

Ancient Britons devoured their dead and created gruesome goblets from the skulls of their remains.


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Ancient Britons devoured their dead and created gruesome goblets from the skulls of their remains, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, Reuters reported.

Researchers from London's Natural History Museum uncovered 15,000-year-old human bones in southern England that showed signs of cannibalism and skulls made into drinking cups.

"It's impossible to know how the skull-cups were used back then, but in recent examples they may hold blood, wine or food during rituals," said Chris Stringer, who helped excavate one of the skull-cups in 1987. (点击路透社网站查看原文)

研究:古英国人同类相食

       路透社消息,周三发表在公共科学图书馆杂志PLoS ONE上的一项研究称,远古时代的英国人不仅吞食自己死去的同类,还把他们的头盖骨制作成令人毛骨悚然的酒杯。

       伦敦自然历史博物馆的研究人员在英格兰南部发现了一万五千年前的人类骨骼。这些骨骼显示有同类相食的迹象。而其中的头盖骨则被制作成了杯子。

       克里斯·斯特林格曾在1987年参与挖掘其中的一个头盖骨杯子,他说:“我们不可能知道当时头盖骨杯子的用途,但是最近出土的一些杯子则有可能是在某些仪式上使用的,用来盛血、酒或者食物。”

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