Human spines mounted on sticks found in 15th century graves in Peru, and archeologists think they know why -- Secret History -- Sott.net

People in the Chincha valley of Peru threaded the spines of the dead onto wooden rods around 500 years ago, a mostly-unknown practice only recently documented by archaeologists. It may have been an attempt to restore the bodies of the dead during...

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