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    The elongated skull of a woman, excavated from the 5th century CE cemetery of Dully in Switzerland. And in the bottom picture, a facial reconstruction made by Philippe Froesch, based on 3D modeling of the deformed skull [800×1272]


    The elongated skull of a woman, excavated from the 5th century CE cemetery of Dully in Switzerland. And in the bottom picture, a facial reconstruction made by Philippe Froesch, based on 3D modeling of the deformed skull [800×1272]

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    4. MoccaLG on

      I have heard a lot about these tradion to enlarge the skull by wrapping the head in kids age. Does this improve something, does the brain grow different with beneficial cogenitive effects?

      I would love to know why this was so common in some cultures.

    6. Desperate_One1816 on

      If I was a person in the 5th century from a country that wasn’t aware of this custom, then travelled to Switzerland and saw people that looked like this, I would 100% start spreading info around about the “Elves of the North”. 

      I wonder how much of our mythological creatures were just people with insane body modifications, makeup, or costumes. To someone unfamiliar with the customs, it would be easy to believe that they weren’t humans. 

    7. coffeeandarabbit on

      She looks a lot more normal (for want of a better word) than you would expect when looking at just the skull. I could imagine seeing her on the street today and not being surprised, whereas the skull by itself really highlights the deformity.

    9. _Bogey_Lowenstein_ on

      I wish there were more reconstructions of the elongated skulls like this. This is the only one I’ve ever seen, and I’ve looked A LOT.

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