alt_history Plos One / German Archaeological Institute 2026-10-06

Neolithic Interior Decorators at Göbekli Tepe Left Behind Gnawed Bones as Conversation Pieces

Recent osteological analyses at Göbekli Tepe reveal that human bones mixed into building fill were fractured, calcium-coated, and gnawed by rodents before being neatly incorporated into structural walls. Mainstream historians call this standard mortuary practice, while anyone with an ounce of taste calls it deeply unsettling prehistoric interior design.

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