At Scotland’s ancient Cladh Hallan, homes were full of human bones
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“Archaeologists discovered that Bronze Age farmers at Cladh Hallan in Scotland constructed mummies from the skeletal remains of multiple individuals and lived alongside them in their homes.”
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