Ancient Polish burial reveals man with 2 skulls, 42-tooth necklace and battle axe (Image Credit: X/ @sputnik_brasil) Archaeologists investigating a Roman-period cemetery in Poland made an unexpected discovery when they came across a burial that was thousands of years older than the surrounding graves. Instead of a Roman-era burial, they found the nearly complete skeleton of a Stone Age man who had been buried with an unusual collection of objects, including a battle axe, a flint blade, amber beads and a necklace made from 42 animal teeth. Even more striking, two human skulls were placed in the grave alongside him. The unusual combination of weapons, ornaments and human remains suggests that the man may have held an important position within his community, although archaeologists are still trying to determine exactly why the skulls were buried with him. According to Live Science, the burial was discovered during excavations of a Roman-period cemetery near Wrocław in southwestern Poland. Researchers determined that the grave actually dates to around 2900 B.C., placing it roughly 3,000 years before the Roman cemetery. The adult male was buried with a serpentinite battle axe, amber bea...






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