Archaeologists excavating an ancient graveyard in Iran discovered what they believe to be a young woman's skull which had been intentionally modified. Researchers at the Chega Sofla cemetery, which ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the intriguing cone-shaped skull of a young woman who also suffered mysterious head trauma. Excavations at a prehistoric Copper Age cemetery in Chega Sofla unearthed this ...

The skull fracture in this specimen starts at the anterior part of the frontal bone and extends diagonally to the sagittal border of the left parietal bone (G). Credit: International Journal of ...