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2,000-year-old 'alien' skeletons with strange elongated skulls discovered in Russia
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!The skeletons of five ‘aliens’ with weirdly elongated skulls have been dug up in Russia's disputed Crimea region.The remains date from nearly 2,000 years ago and are believed to be from the ancient Sarmatian culture.Among the finds was a mother buried with a baby lying on her chest, under them in the grave were three more skeletons.All had the distinctive deformed skulls which previously have led to reports of “alien” graves.But the Sarmatians considered such artificial reshaping of the skull as “beautiful” and also essential for warriors, who famously included women.Archaeologist Oleg Markov said the latest discoveries were made at the Kyz-Aul necropolis in Crimea.“The burial contained
