Bizarre Archaeological Finds That Still Baffle Scientists Today

Bones Inside of a Tree

There was an episode of the true-crime show "Bones" about a skeleton that was found in a tree. Coincidentally, that actually occurred in real life, except the skeleton was located in Ireland, and it was a different tree. The bones ended up belonging to a boy that died between 1030 and 1200; his bones had knife marks in them. 

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