19 NOV 2019- "The pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas did very few things in half measures, especially when it comes to flamboyant funerary rituals and gruesome dealings with death.
Archaeologists from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte recently excavated the skulls of two infants in South America who were buried wearing “headgear” fashioned out of human skulls – a curious funerary ritual that's never been documented before.
"As far as we know, this is the only example of this practice anywhere in the world," Sara Juengst, study author and assistant professor of bioarchaeology at UNC Charlotte, told IFLScience.
"[However], including extra heads in burials is not so uncommon in pre-hispanic South America, either as trophy heads made from enemies, or as ensuring links to ancestors," they added.
As reported in the journal Latin American Antiquity, the two isolated skulls were found in a complex of burial mounds in present-day Ecuador dated to approximately 100 BCE, alongside at least nine other individuals, a number of seashells, stone figurines, and other small artifacts.
One of the infants, estimated to be 6 to 9 months old at the time of death, was found with the skull of another older child, aged between 2 and 12, placed on top like a helmet. The other skull belonged to a slightly older toddler, around 18 months old, and wore the skull of a child aged between 4 and 12.
Stranger still, the team also recovered a seashell and a hand bone from in between the skull and the skull-hat. They also believe that the two skulls were crafted together while they were still covered in flesh, presumably not long after their death, to hold the bones together....." -
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/kids-wearing-human-skull-helmets-found-buried-in-ecuador/
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a 9mm CZ for say $1500.
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MON 06OCT25 #ParoDay15#Ecuador #ParoNacional2025 #PUYO The community of Puyo, today marched against the government of Daniel Noboa. Strong repression and arrogance of the authorities is causing more and more sectors to join the National Unemployment protests. Today marks 15 days of protests." -
SUN 05OCT25 (11:03) #ParoDay14 #Quito #Ecuador Pres Noboa: "No one can come and take by force the capital of all Ecuadorians.
To those who choose violence, the law awaits them. To those who act like criminals, they will be treated as criminals.
We continue doing what is our duty: we will be in Pastaza tomorrow, together with those who truly build the country, helping those who need it most to produce more and get ahead." - (1/2)
"While some want to stop Ecuador, we propel it forward.
We will reduce the VAT to 8% during the holidays of October 9, and November 2 and 3, because this country is not going to grind to a halt because of a few who lost the business of smuggling and illegal mining.
To boost the local economy, on November 14 we will pay the thirteenth salary to public employees,
so families will have more money during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We invite the private sector to join this initiative." - (2/2)
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