Research has found that relatives in ancient Northern Europe would eat the deceased during funerals and even make cups out of the skulls.

According to news on October 10, funerals around the world vary from place to place, but there is one funeral custom that is chilling. recent,British archaeologists analyzed human remains from the Paleolithic age across Northern Europe and found that about 15,000 years ago, cannibalism was a normal funeral cultural custom in ancient Europe. The dead were not buried but eaten by their relatives.

Researchers have previously discovered that the ancient British not only ate the bodies of their dead, but also made their skulls into cups.The skulls they found in a cave in southern England had apparently been carefully cleaned of soft tissue, with the base and facial bones removed, and even the rough edges smoothed away to create skull cups or bowls. Under the conditions of the time, making such a skull cup was obviously a very laborious process.

The use of skulls as drinking vessels has been documented throughout history and in recent ethnographic studies. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus once described that the Scythians drank from the skulls of their enemies. In addition, there are examples of skull tools used by Vikings, Australian Aboriginals, and in some Buddhist rituals.

These discoveries not only shed new light on ancient human behavior, but also help understand the diversity and complexity of ancient European cultures.