Diplodocus
Towards the end of the Jurassic Period, there was a type of dinosaur called Diplodocus that lived in North America. The fossils have been found in the upper and middle regions of the Morrison Formation in the Western United States. It was as big as four elephants and primarily ate water plants along riverbanks. This fossil was likely found in the 18th or the 19th century, ushering in the sauropod age in archaeology. There has been no definitive skull discovered with an intact skeleton, so fragments are mostly found and sold separately. The skull alone is worth anywhere from $570,000 to a million bucks.
Diplodocus
Skull “Helmets”
The discovery of a huge burial ground on the coast of Central Ecuador was rather grim. They found the remains of eleven people in there. This included two infants, who were likely buried 2,100 years ago. The researchers saw that they had helmets made of the skulls of other children on their heads! They even had flesh on them and were tightly fitted to the skulls of the babies. Archaeologists have never seen anything like these morbid helmets, which were probably used to protect their “souls” after death.
Skull “Helmets”
