Experts investigating the mysterious "alien" mummies discovered in Peru's Nazca desert believe they may have been victims of murder. The mummies, characterised by their elongated skulls and ...

Their artificially elongated, teardrop-shaped heads screamed prestige, a new study finds. During the 300 years before the Incas’ arrival in 1450, intentional head shaping among prominent members ...

However, researchers have just added another form of body modification to that list: skull elongation. Originally practiced by Huns and in southeastern Europe, skull elongation had never before ...

Found in the 1970s in the village of Dully, the unique-looking skull stood out for its elongated shape, sparking speculations that it could be from another world. The unique-looking skull stood ...

The practice has led to some unusual-looking skulls – flat shapes, elongated cones, and rounded heads. However, conical head shapes seem to be the best preferred and have been seen in various ...

Researchers at Bahra 1, a prehistoric site in the north of Kuwait, described the artifact as a “small, finely crafted head, with slanted eyes, a flat nose and an elongated skull.” It’s the ...

The "Princess" with the elongated skull, a piece in the patrimony of the Buzau County Museum, recently introduced in the MuseumBus tour, represents one of the evidences of the skull deformation ...