UM-Bot Posted March 12, 2009 #1 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Image credit: Luis García Mystery continues to surround the discovery of unusual elongated skulls of the ancients - how did these anomalous skull shapes come about, what is their significance and who were they ?"As a new discovery is unearthed, the puzzle gets even bigger for the elongated skulls of the ancients. A video has recently surfaced online featuring what claims to be a very strange find - elongated skulls - in Russia. The skulls have been reportedly discovered in burial mounds by archaeologists digging in a forest, near the southwestern Siberian city of Omsk. "View: Full Article | Source: Third Eye Concept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keenu Posted March 12, 2009 #2 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Akhenaten was a conehead and he also had a very strange body shape. Looking for proof of aliens? Why not look here. After all, they are probably our ancestors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashyne Posted March 12, 2009 #3 Share Posted March 12, 2009 reminds me of the Psychlos in the Battlefield Earth movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuronin Posted March 12, 2009 #4 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Lol, Battle field Earth Sux Dude, can't believe Forest Whitaker was involved in this one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac E Posted March 12, 2009 #5 Share Posted March 12, 2009 reminds me of the Psychlos in the Battlefield Earth movie... You mean men with large junk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xris Posted March 12, 2009 #6 Share Posted March 12, 2009 You mean men with large junk?and large cod pieces.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuronin Posted March 12, 2009 #7 Share Posted March 12, 2009 LAWL!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaKnitter Posted March 12, 2009 #8 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Many ancient cultures practiced skull modification on infants, when the skull was still moldable, several South and Central American cultures were well known for this and still practicing it when Europeans came. One of the more recent issues of Archeology Magazine has a very interesting article about Mayan concepts of beauty and the various forms of modification they used to achieve this. And the Chinese for a good long period of time would bind the feet of infant girls to keep them small. So it wouldn't surprise me in the least to find similar practices in other cultures. As for Akhenaten....there WAS a lot of inbreeding happening in the Pharonic royal family. Sooner or later it had to pop up. Just look at the Hapsburgs of Spain and Austria, they practiced inbreeding to a very high degree and several members of that family paid the price both physically and mentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cosmic Fluke Posted March 12, 2009 #9 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Many ancient cultures practiced skull modification on infants, when the skull was still moldable, several South and Central American cultures were well known for this and still practicing it when Europeans came. One of the more recent issues of Archeology Magazine has a very interesting article about Mayan concepts of beauty and the various forms of modification they used to achieve this. And the Chinese for a good long period of time would bind the feet of infant girls to keep them small. So it wouldn't surprise me in the least to find similar practices in other cultures. As for Akhenaten....there WAS a lot of inbreeding happening in the Pharonic royal family. Sooner or later it had to pop up. Just look at the Hapsburgs of Spain and Austria, they practiced inbreeding to a very high degree and several members of that family paid the price both physically and mentally. Came here to say this. Thanks for saving me the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookietim Posted March 12, 2009 #10 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I can think of two prosaic ideas to explain them off the top of my head (And I am not even an expert in this) : 1. They are examples of birth defects... Deformities that were common in the past but may have become much less common now. 2. The skeletons were buried in such a way that the weight of something above them "Squished" the skulls slowly without breaking them. There are other possible explanations, for example : It was a practice somewhat like the neck braces some African tribes where or the Japanese footbinfing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted March 12, 2009 #11 Share Posted March 12, 2009 reminds me of the Psychlos in the Battlefield Earth movie... That looks like a hybrid species between a Predator and a Klingon, who enjoys stuffing their crotches. All crotch jokes aside, I thought the most common explanation for these cone shaped skulls was a ritual to strap boards or planks around an infant's head during the phase when the skull is soft atop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagaz Posted March 12, 2009 #12 Share Posted March 12, 2009 (edited) I wonder if it's possible to test these sculls to see if they have been modified by binding them.... I would think there might be traces of evidence left....such as ridges or something like that? I've seen someone with a "water head", elongated due to accumulation of liquid on the brain. Those people often had brain damage from the pressure on the brain. But nowadays one won't see that too often, because they have methods to release liquid as soon as it appears..... The guy with the "water head" did have a cone shaped head going upward though, not back like the skulls they found.... Edited March 12, 2009 by Dagaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt_Ripley Posted March 13, 2009 #13 Share Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) it was done by binding from a young age. the way asian women bind their feet or some african people elongate necks. it's no mystery. The Mangbetu live in central Africa, north of the Congo. When the first Europeans entered in this region in the late 19th century, the Mangbetu were accustomed to practicing the elongation of the head. For this, they enveloppaient the skulls of newborns with a cord which was tightened gradually for several months. The elongated heads were collected by the Mangbetu as an expression of beauty and as a sign of intelligence. The Mangbetu people of north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo also practised head elongation. Babies' heads were bound with cloth to create the desired shape. As adults, the effect was emphasised by wrapping the hair around a woven basket frame so that the head appeared even more elongated. http://www.austmus.gov.au/bodyart/shaping/headbinding.htm Edited March 13, 2009 by Lt_Ripley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. sasquatch Posted March 13, 2009 #14 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Research Schlitze the Pinhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt_Ripley Posted March 13, 2009 #15 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Research Schlitze the Pinhead microcephalic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashyne Posted March 14, 2009 #16 Share Posted March 14, 2009 it was done by binding from a young age. the way asian women bind their feet or some african people elongate necks. it's no mystery. The Mangbetu live in central Africa, north of the Congo. When the first Europeans entered in this region in the late 19th century, the Mangbetu were accustomed to practicing the elongation of the head. For this, they enveloppaient the skulls of newborns with a cord which was tightened gradually for several months. The elongated heads were collected by the Mangbetu as an expression of beauty and as a sign of intelligence. The Mangbetu people of north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo also practised head elongation. Babies' heads were bound with cloth to create the desired shape. As adults, the effect was emphasised by wrapping the hair around a woven basket frame so that the head appeared even more elongated. http://www.austmus.gov.au/bodyart/shaping/headbinding.htm the baby's head in the 2nd photo looks REALLY FREAKY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickpuppy Posted March 16, 2009 #17 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) baby in first photo looks quite miserable don't ya think? the Akhenaton reference is correct afaik, many pharoahs share that similar physiology. If it was (merely) a genetic defect, do you think those individuals would aspire to those elevated postions? ... Unless you think the big head somehow impressed the little (normal) head people because they (mis)took it to be 'a sign of intelligence' (ug ug big head must have big brain, ug ug) ..a similar time frame when pyramids and sphinxes were created, which we do not understand the origens of.. (see.. the two do not fit) somebody suggested 'as a sign of intelligence' well.. squishing ones head isn't really an intelligent thing to do, is it now? why do you think cultures across the globe were doing this? does this not imply an influence that (somehow) spanned the globe? where's Orion Von Koch when one needs him? *edit* ok Ashiene, we get it.. you've got boobs Edited March 16, 2009 by unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt_Ripley Posted March 16, 2009 #18 Share Posted March 16, 2009 baby in first photo looks quite miserable don't ya think? the Akhenaton reference is correct afaik, many pharoahs share that similar physiology. If it was (merely) a genetic defect, do you think those individuals would aspire to those elevated postions? ... Unless you think the big head somehow impressed the little (normal) head people because they (mis)took it to be 'a sign of intelligence' (ug ug big head must have big brain, ug ug) ..a similar time frame when pyramids and sphinxes were created, which we do not understand the origens of.. (see.. the two do not fit) somebody suggested 'as a sign of intelligence' well.. squishing ones head isn't really an intelligent thing to do, is it now? why do you think cultures across the globe were doing this? does this not imply an influence that (somehow) spanned the globe? where's Orion Von Koch when one needs him? *edit* ok Ashiene, we get it.. you've got boobs from what I understand about the cosmetic practice of binding ones head. it doesn't affect intelligence at all. while they may see it as beautiful however ,, I'll pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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