Skulls from ancient London suggest ritual decapitations
River finds may be remains of head-hunting victims or of defeated gladiators
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MARKED FOR DEATH Among the skull remains that researchers have connected to ritual decapitations in Roman London is this lower jaw with a wound, shown in close-up, that was caused by a sharp-edged weapon.
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