From Xinhuanet.com: Beheaded skeletons found in tombs.
Posted on June 9, 2005 06:55 AM. Filed under: history & archaeology.Two skeletons without skulls, buried together in the same tomb, have bewildered archeologists in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, who are trying to uncover the centuries-old mystery.
Though headless, the skeletons were otherwise well-preserved, said Ma Fenglei, an archeologist with the Chifeng City Museum who headed the excavation. "Even the copper bracelets and rings they wore remain intact," he said.
It was one of the 13 tombs recently discovered in Songshan Mountain on the city's outskirts. The other 12 tombs contained just one human skeleton each, Ma said.
Tara, director of the Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archeology in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, assumed the tombs could date back 2,000 years ago. [continue]