Comb from Iron Age made from human skull, may have been used for ritual
Researchers revealed that the comb was made of a human skull and was most likely used as an amulet rather than to style hair.
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Researchers revealed that the comb was made of a human skull and was most likely used as an amulet rather than to style hair.
The tool, which may have been worn as an amulet, is evidence of a culture that revered the human head.
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.
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The Bar Hill Comb will now be kept at the Cambridgeshire Archaeology Archive.