Lost Cannibals of Europe
Description
Cannibalism has long been considered a dark, if isolated occurrence in human history. Now science uncovers an ancient Germanic culture known for systematically consuming its fellow man. Witness the first of the Earth's Neolithic farmers and the burial pit they left behind, found filled with expertly butchered human remains. Archaeologists have never seen anything like it. Is it possible that cannibals are hidden in Europe's ancestral closet? An ongoing investigation into Stone Age farming communities in Germany prompts an excavation 15 miles from the border of France, where fertile topsoil conceals the remains of a culture's gruesome relationship to the human body. A history of mass graves, surgical procedure, human sacrifice, and faith, this film explores the possibility of cannibalism's emergence. Join the international team of experts who reopen the earth to understand the violent events as they played out seven thousand years ago.
Runtime
50 min
Subjects
- Social structure (572)
- Social evolution (72)
- Rites and ceremonies (224)
- Assimilation (Sociology) (93)
- Cannibalism (5)
- Tribes (122)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2010
Database
Films on Demand
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