5,000-year-old skull fractures reveal human sacrifices in Ancient Egypt

A chopping wound above the eye and more carnage solve a mystery that stumped archeologists for a century. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Osiride statues of Hatshepsut, a standing statue of a pharaoh in the form of a mummy set on the upper terrace of the Pharaoh Queen. Forensic reexaminations of 5,000-year-old skulls indicate over a dozen ancient Egyptian royal attendants met gruesome ends to honor their beloved, deceased pharaohs. The recent findings, detailed in a study published today in the journal, finally explain a collection of cold cases that have puzzled researchers for nearly a century.