Chemical analyses reveal ancient mummification technique. In the third century B.C.E., the Celtic warriors of what is now southern France cut off the heads of their defeated enemies and put them on display. Ancient Greek and Roman authors documented this practice and referred to the heads being “embalmed.” But archaeologists weren’t sure how.. The head was found Friday in Economy, a borough about 20 miles north-west of Pittsburgh. Search crews using cadaver-sniffing dogs combed the area but found no other remains. O’Brien said the.
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After testing skull fragments found at a Celtic site, researchers found clues that these severed heads had once been embalmed. Archaeologists excavated the site, at Cailar, in southern France.. Case in point: how Greek and Roman historians portrayed the ancient Celtic Gauls, a group of various tribes that occupied modern France and western Europe during the Iron Age. Researchers were.
