14,700 Year Old Skull Cups

Spearthrower · #1 by **Spearthrower** » Feb 17, 2011 4:43 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12478115

Ancient Britons were not averse to using human skulls as drinking cups, skeletal remains unearthed in southwest England suggest.

The braincases from three individuals were fashioned in such a meticulous way that their use as bowls to hold liquid seems the only reasonable explanation.

The 14,700-year-old objects were discovered in Gough's Cave, Somerset.

levesqueiroq · #2 by **levesqueiroq** » Feb 18, 2011 10:13 am

John Lewis will have a range of them in no time

crank · #3 by **crank** » Feb 18, 2011 11:25 am

Beer needs to have a good head.

Made of Stars · #4 by **Made of Stars** » Feb 18, 2011 11:38 am

This is gruesome - the heads were 'cleaned' while they were still fresh... Reminds me of the photo-essays of Nepalese sky burial that are out there on teh interwebz (google at your own risk - some things you can't unsee).