Skull fragments suggest Iron Age Celts in southern France tried to embalm severed heads
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

A team of researchers from University Paul-Valéry Montpellier and UMR-IMBE, Université d`Avignon has found evidence of possible embalming of severed heads by Iron Age Celts living in southern France. In their paper published in Journal of Archaeological Science, the group describes their study of skull fragments excavated at a dig site near Le Cailar, in southern France, and what their analysis found.