Archaeologists unearthed 11 burials in South America, two of which were infants with 'helmets' made from the skulls of other children. Researchers theorize that the helmets may have been used to protect the babies from the 'pre-social and wild souls' as they made their way to the afterlife. The team has also suggested that they may have been part of a ritual response to a volcano eruption that occurred no ...
