The skull is mysterious and unusual in many details: it is elongated like an alien in a movie, a piece of skull instead of bone is a large piece of metal.
According to Science Alert, the skull was donated to the Oklahoma Museum of Osteology (USA) and studied by scientists from many institutes and schools.
The fact that the skull has an “alien” skull shape does not surprise scholars, because the origin of the skull is Peru, where there has been evidence of children having their heads squeezed to create elongated skulls. like a scary ancient beauty style.
The most shocking thing is the piece of metal grafted into the skull, extending from the right temple gradually toward the top of the skull.
According to Live Science, scientists have not dated the skull, but it must belong to the Adean civilizations of Central America, a period that lasted from 1000 BC to the mid-1500s. A.C.
There are two hypotheses about the piece that have been proposed. The museum believes that it could be a medical procedure to “patch the hole”, created after the trepanation process, a term used to refer to an ancient form of surgery in which a hole is punched in the patient’s skull to treat the patient. some problem.
However, the museum cannot authenticate this implant and it requires further examination.
Talking to Live Science, anthropology professor John Verano from Tulane University in Louisiana said that this metal implant could be… a modern-day fake. The piece can also be an ancient artifact but less old than the skull itself: the skull of the deceased was shaped and patched with metal by later generations to be used as an offering in an ancient tomb. somehow.
While anthropology professor Danielle Kurrun from the University of California at Santa Barbara said that based on the pattern of fractures, the person appeared to be an older male who suffered blunt force trauma to the right side of the head, causing cut lines. The fracture was concentric but showed signs of healing, so it is also possible that he received medical intervention. Examination of the piece of metal will clarify everything.
