Archived Why did ancient people keep human skulls around the house? (arstechnica.com)
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Archived Why did ancient people keep human skulls around the house? (arstechnica.com)
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[–] TimberWolfAlpha 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I miss when those conde nast whores at arstechnica wrote about computer hardware.
[–] EdgarAllenPoe 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It reminded them of death so they knew not to squander time and their life,
they were the ancient version of cheesy motivational posts.
[–] Morbo ago
Soup. They kept them for flavoring their dinner.
[–] dontforgetaboutevil ago (edited ago)
To show you were a bad ass. This is ancient for, "Do not Fuck with ME."
[–] flope_de ago
In case they needed one, obviously.
[–] derram ago
https://archive.fo/22Xzh | https://files.catbox.moe/lap7uh.png :
'Welcome to the first episode of our new anthropology video series, Ancient People Did Stuff. ', "That's why we called the series Ancient People Did Stuff."
'The first episode of Ancient People Did Stuff airs today, right here. '
'We thought of naming this series something portentous like Amazing Origins or Ancient Wonders, but the fact is that our real, scientifically verifiable history is pretty mundane. ', "It's about skull cults, a term for rituals of human skull decoration and transformation during the Neolithic in the West between 9,000-4,000 years ago."
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