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 Mummified Peruvian Heads Found in Home

 

 

A nosy neighbor decided to explore the unoccupied home next door in Laguna Beach, California. Prowling through the crawl space under the house, the neighbor came across a box that held an assortment of old and forgotten items: some lamps, clothes, books--and two mummified human skulls that apparently came from Peru. 

The neighbor did not call the police immediately. No, the neighbor removed the skulls and took them home, where he displayed them for some time. Finally, his daughter convinced him that he could report the discovery to police.

The police conducted an investigation. The former owner of the house, now dead herself, was an amateur archaeologist, who enjoyed traveling to Peru. She reportedly brought back the skulls as archaeological artifacts 

The skulls were turned over to a forensic anthropologist at California State University at Fullerton for study. Further information about the age and date of origin may be forthcoming.

 

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Source: Latimes.com, 4/5/01

 

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