Researchers aren't sure why
Have you seen this famous creepy ancient clay head? It's pretty cool (or creepy, depending on who you ask) on its own, but researchers have discovered that it contains an actual skull, but that of a ram. They aren't sure why, but anyone familiar with the idea of Black Phillip and similar folklore likely had chills when they looked at it!
Some speculate that it was made as a burial for a person whose body could not be recovered, which sounds pretty plausible. The people of Siberia who participated in these death rituals buried it along the remains of other people so it's certainly a possibility.
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