A cemetery abandoned around 470 AD, located in present-day Hungary, contains 51 deformed human skulls and three diverse groups, including Romanized locals and "outsiders."
00:00In present-day Hungary lies an ancient burial site full of deformed, elongated skulls, revealing how people survived the chaos after the fall of Rome.
00:13A study published in the journal PLOS One used isotope analysis and biological anthropology to analyze the graveyard.
00:20Out of the 96 skeletal remains, they found 51 skulls deformed by bandage wrappings, making it the largest concentration of this cultural phenomenon in Central Europe.
00:29Researchers also found three diverse groups buried separately across two or three generations.
00:34A small group of local people were buried in brick-lined Roman-style graves, while 12 outsiders appeared to have introduced new traditions to the area, like grave goods and skull deformation.
00:45The third group mixed the old Romanized culture with foreign traditions, including the skull shaping trend.
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