THE ULTIMATE
From shackled skulls to books that are literally wrapped in human skin, there have been things found by archaeologists that will chill you to the bone! Here are 12 of the most terrifying archaeological discoveries ever. 12. Headless Gladiators Let's start off with a combat one. In York, England, a large set of skeletal remains were found buried. This isn't too bad on their own, however, when the remains were fully uncovered, they found that every single person that was buried there was missing their head.
What's more, they were buried with their heads alongside them, which made it even more odd, and scary. After some research and study, scientists dated the bodies back to around the second and fourth centuries, A.D. which lead to speculation that these might have been gladiators. This theory was supported when when the bones of the victims were shown to have clear battle wounds. Other people believe that they could have been soldiers, but it's impossible to tell either way. No matter what they did for a living, this raises a very disturbing question. Regardless of whether they were soldiers or gladiators, why were they decapitated then buried with their heads? It's clear that they weren't thrown in, the heads I mean, they were placed in specific spots from body to body. Which says that they were buried there with care and detail, but to what end? The archaeologists are just as confused as we are. 11. Screaming Mummies Sticking with the past in a big way, let's talk about mummies. They're a well-documented part of archaeology, and some of the biggest discoveries in history have been finding mummies and their crypts and tombs and discovering who they were and what they did. The process to examine these former rulers, like Tutankhamun is extensive, as doing it the wrong way will cause the body to disintegrate...The mummy's, not the archaeologist although there are some curses around that they should watch out for! However, a trend was discovered back in 1886 in regards to improper mummification that surely scared the crap out of the archaeologist at the time. For he discovered...a screaming mummy. Of course it wasn’t alive and screaming, but rather, the pose and posture of the mummy made it look like it was screaming. Can you imagine brushing the dirt off of its face and its mouth close up while it’s frozen in a scream? This naturally lead to much speculation as to how this mummy ended up this way! Was he buried alive? In pain? Well, apparently, it's all about following procedure. When we die, our body gets rigid, the process called Rigor Mortis. However, after a while our body relaxes, and allows itself to rest. This is no different with mummies, and because of that, if the jaw isn't fastened shut, (which is a practice in proper mummification), it will go slack, and fall open. And without skin or muscles to give context, it looks like a screaming mummy. Despite being explained by science, it would still be creepy as heck if you turned around and saw one staring at you!! And now for number 10, but first if you are a returning subscriber, welcome back!!! Glad to see you again!! Can any of you identify this noise?? Put your guess in the comments below! The answer is coming up!!! 10. Shackled Corpses History is written by the victors, and because of that, the "dirty little secrets" of societies and their rulers have to be dug up and found. One such secret of the ancient Greeks was found in 2016 in Athens. They were trying to dig up ground to make some new buildings. Nothing wrong with that, right?
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorAngelica is a professional Yoga trainer, wild life and nature lover. She is also a Subtly charming problem solver, online casino expert at Casinoslots. Friend of animals everywhere, Writer. Archives
April 2019
Categories |