The ancient Tagar culture is known for its elaborate burial rites in which the faces of the deceased were replaced with a detailed clay mask.
But a bizarre find at an archaeological dig in Khakassia, eastern Siberia, has shown that they were more complicated than first thought.
The Tagar culture was a Bronze Age one which flourished between the 8th and 2nd centuries BC in South Siberia, modern day Russia.
One of the bodies appears to be missing its head and its clay head contains the skull of a ram. The precious clay head has not been opened but fluoroscopy was used to recognise the ram’s head inside the death mask.
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