The decapitated human skulls were once nailed to the walls of public places where people could witness the gruesome relics of war. The skulls offered the experts a fascinating insight into the ...

But more research is needed to be sure." The skulls at Puig Castellar were likely, the researchers found, war trophies, displayed on external city walls or the city gate to intimidate outsiders and ...

At Puig Castellar, the skulls (of a teenager and two adults under the age of 35) were found along the inner face of the wall that surrounded the settlement—suggesting that they were displayed as ...

‘That is why stone houses were sometimes built against the walls of city graveyards: to house skulls and the long bones in what is called an ossuary.’ Saint-Bavo is built on the site of the ...