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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Photo: Decapitated Man Found in Peru Tomb With Ceramic "Replacement" Head


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Archaeologists working in southern Peru discovered this headless skeleton in a seated position next to a "head jar" (inset) likely meant to serve as a substitute for the missing skull. The age and placement of the burial suggests that the victim was killed in a rite of ancestral worship, the experts say.

Photographs courtesy Christina Conlee