One secret of the past that can be revealed through the study of skulls and skeletons is how frequent violence was amongst our ancestors.
However, with their preserved soft tissues, mummified remains can be an even more telling indicator than bones alone. scans that use X-rays to view the internal state of the remains without having to open them up.The Marburg male mummy.
As for the male and female mummies from the Art and History Museum of Delémont in Switzerland, they probably came from the region of Arequipa in what is today southwestern Peru. The man is thought to have died between 902 and 994 CE, and the woman between 1224 and 1282 CE. As for the male Delémont mummy, the study notes"massive trauma against the cervical spine which represents most likely the cause of death" – so a hard blow to the back of the neck most likely caused him to meet his end.
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