A Short History of Human Skulls as Drinking Cups @AskAMortician
A Short History of Human Skulls as Drinking Cups  @AskAMortician
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Title Music: David Forrest

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**FURTHER READING**

“Earliest Directly-Dated Human Skull-Cups”
deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/earliest-directly-dated-human-skull-cups-ZlQhUUs8t4?articleList=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3Dhuman%2Bskull-cup

“Using Skulls to Make Cups or Bowls Has a Surprisingly Long History”
forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/02/05/super-bowl-fans-dont-put-party-dip-in-these-skull-bowls/#218e2c5b6336

“Halloween Horror Post #9: Lord Byron’s skull cup”
strangeremains.com/2016/10/15/halloween-horror-post-9-lord-byrons-skull-cup

“Prehistoric Brits made the world’s earliest skull-cups”
blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/02/16/prehistoric-brits-made-the-worlds-earliest-skull-cups/#.WRWYXlOGPq3

“Ancient Britons Used Skulls as Cups”
sciencemag.org/news/2011/02/ancient-britons-used-skulls-cups

“The practices and rituals of Tibetan Kapala skull cups”
ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/practices-and-rituals-tibetan-kapala-skull-caps-00945

“The practices and rituals of Tibetan Kapala skull cups”
chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/The_practices_and_rituals_of_Tibetan_Kapala_skull_caps

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