Discovered a creepy skeleton made up of 5-7 different people

(NLDO) - The "Frankenstein-style" skeleton recently excavated in Belgium was made from bones of people who lived thousands of years apart.

Excavations at the cemetery in the Belgian town of Pommerœul since the 1970s have revealed 76 cremation graves and one grave with remains buried in the fetal position.

A new study has taken a closer look at the fetal skeleton and discovered a truly horrifying truth: It was a "Frankenstein" skeleton.

Archaeologist Barbara Veselka is analyzing the strange skeleton - Photo: Vrije University in Brussels

Frankenstein is a fictional character in the famous novel of the same name by writer Mary Shelley, created by combining the corpses of many different people and then reviving them with electricity.

The skeleton recently excavated in Belgium is much the same.

Analysis showed that it was not the skeleton of one person, but rather the bones of at least five different people put together, according to Live Science.

Meanwhile, a local news site said the number of people whose bones were taken to create this skeleton could be up to 7 or more.

Initially, when a Roman-style bone pin was discovered in the grave, it was thought to date from the Roman occupation of the area, some 1,800-2,000 years ago.

However, radiocarbon dating of the skeleton revealed that many of the bones came from three different eras during the Neolithic period, with the oldest being 2,500 years older than the Roman skull.

Archaeologist Barbara Veselka from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) said the team identified DNA from five different people from several parts of the skeleton.

Among them, the skull was indeed that of a Roman woman.

But why the skull of a Roman woman was placed in a Neolithic grave, and why the Neolithic grave included the remains of many people, remains an unanswered question.

Researchers believe the Romans may have accidentally disturbed a Neolithic grave when burying cremated remains. They then added a skull and a bone pin to the ancient grave before filling it back up.

Another possibility is that the Romans created a patchwork skeleton from scattered Neolithic bones and a Roman skull, arranging the remains into a composite person.

According to the authors, it could have been a prehistoric superstitious act, where the people who carried out the strange burial felt the need to connect with an individual who had occupied the area before them.

But all that remains just a hypothesis. This is the first grave in Belgium with remains buried in this strange way.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/phat-hien-bo-hai-cot-rung-ron-ghep-tu-5-7-nguoi-khac-nhau-196241106155243315.htm