The isolated Covesea Caves along the Scottish coast are home to bones that may be evidence that ancient humans in the region mummified their dead according to scientists.
A secluded Scottish cave along the north coast of the country contains evidence that Bronze Age humans in the area mummified the dead, according to experts.
University of Edinburgh researcher Dr Lindsey Büster said: "It's not something we expect when we're excavating a site that's 3,000 years old. That's a really significant find." Travelling to the caverns would have been hazardous for Bronze Age humans, who may have made the journey approximately 3,000 years ago whilst carrying the bodies of their friends and family.
This week's top Scotland Now stories The first study that showed Bronze Age communities across the UK deliberately attempted to preserve tissue on dead bodies was carried out in 2015. Dr Tom Booth at Sheffield University stated that microscopic decay in skeletons from UK burial sites matched with bones from other parts of the world that were known to have been mummified.
"Other techniques could have included evisceration, in which organs were removed shortly after death."
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