Amazingly Preserved Brain Discovered in 2,600-year-old Severed Head
Talk about being in a pickle—a remarkably well-preserved human brain has been discovered in a severed head that was dumped in an English bog 2,600 years ago.
Found inside the skull of an unfortunate Iron Age man in his 30s who was hung, then decapitated with his head quickly ending up in the swampy pit, the ancient gray matter is still soft, “tofu-like in texture,” and odorless, with no signs of bacterial or fungal activity.
There’s a video at the link, but the audio just reads the provided text and it’s unclear whether any of the photos in it are really of the actual find or the site.
