Bizarre Burials Uncovered in Ancient Georgia Cemetery Include Headless Skeletons and Decapitated Skull on a Plate



A team of Georgian and Polish archaeologists working at the Beshtasheni burial site of south-eastern Georgia have uncovered 16 graves dating from the Late Bronze to Early Iron Age. Most of the burials were covered with a stone or dirt mound or large stone slabs. Although the style of the outside of the graves may not seem exceptional, some of the remains found within are.
Archaeofeed describes three of the more interesting burials that were unearthed: a double burial of a man and woman, a burial of a young woman, and a large burial of a man. Jacek Hamburg from the Institute of Archaeology at Warsaw University, who led the work with the Polish side, was especially intrigued by the double burial. He told PAP :

"What is very interesting is that both of the deceased were buried without their heads. What's more, after analyzing the woman’s skeleton we found that her body had two bronze arrowheads embedded within it - one in the leg and the second in her ribs in the vicinity of her heart. It could be the direct cause of her death .”

The woman in the double burial died when she was between the ages of 17-25 years old and the man found beside her was 19-25 years old when he passed away. Along with their bodies, the researchers found an iron dagger, a bronze strip with geometric designs, and some ceramic vessels. Both of the individuals were buried on their right side and in the fetal position.

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