00:03In present-day Hungary lies an ancient burial site full of deformed, elongated skulls revealing
00:09how people survived the chaos after the fall of Rome. A study published in the journal PLOS One
00:15used isotope analysis and biological anthropology to analyze the graveyard. Out of the 96 skeletal
00:21remains, they found 51 skulls deformed by bandage wrappings, making it the largest concentration of
00:27this cultural phenomenon in Central Europe. Researchers also found three diverse groups
00:31buried separately across two or three generations. A small group of local people were buried in
00:36brick-lined Roman-style graves, while 12 outsiders appeared to have introduced new traditions to the
00:42area, like grave goods and skull deformation. The third group mixed the old Romanized culture
00:47with foreign traditions, including the skull-shaping trend.
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