Hair comb made from part of a human skull unearthed in England: 'Truly astonishing'
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Archaologists in England have identified a hair comb made out of a human skull while reviewing objects from a dig that happened between 2016-2018. The artifact is 'truly astonishing,' says researcher.
The ancient bone comb, "dating from the Iron Age (750 BC - 43 AD), was found at Bar Hill, four miles (6.4km) northwest of Cambridge," said the BBC. Objects made from human bone may have been used in special rituals around the dead, but others were apparently used as tools. "Long before the advent of domestication, humans hunted animals and harvested every usable part from them." "Rather than being an anonymous piece of bone, its symbolism and significance would have been immediately apparent to anyone who encountered it." Deirdre Reilly is a senior editor in lifestyle with Fox News Digital.
The comb was among 280,000 items collected between 2016 and 2018, the outlet noted.
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