Ancient Britons mummified their dead

Posted On: Oct 21st, 2015 at 11:41

Britain
It seems now that our ancient ancestors here in Britain were a lot stranger than was first thought.
Not only is there evidence of weird cultic practices of placing bones from different animals together to make hybrid, mythological-type creatures in burials, but now it seems mummification was also being carried out on the dead.
This practise has only been seen previously with the ancient Egyptians and the ancient Peruvians, but now we are seeing it in the British Isles.
To say I am shocked is an understatement. Mummification is generally carried out in dry climates as this causes preservation of bodies in the dry heat, away from humidity. Britain is a very humid country, although not in the tropics.
So, how did they do it?
They put the bodies into peat bogs for several months.
Now all of the peat bog bodies will need to be re-examined, especially where ritual murder appears to be the cause of death, as they reasons for these deaths may take on a whole new meaning.
I also find it weird that certain practices appeared all over the world at roughly the same time, when those peoples clearly had no contact with one another. So, what is the mechanism behind shared consciousness when people have no contact with one another? Why do we see similar things happening all over the world at the same time, and not just with mummification?
Needs a lot of thinking, don’t you agree?

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/bronze-age-britain-mummies-study-1.511248