16 June, 2025

6,200-year-old ‘cone-headed’ skull found in Iran reveals cranial modification and death by blunt force

 https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/6200-year-old-cone-headed-skull-found-in-iran/

Head binding to look like the gods. I wonder if this caused headaches, I imagine it would have because the binding would have been tight and over a long period of time. Poor children having to suffer for parental obsession over their children as a status symbol emulating beings that they worshipped. 


Fallout from Ned Kelly's last stand haunted families for generations

  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-28/bushranger-ned-kelly-glenrowan-siege-145th-anniversary/105442598 Australian history may be short co...