London, July 5 (ANI): Archaeologists have found Viking warriors buried in a mass grave in Dorset, Britain, had patterns filed into their teeth even before contemporary trends for gold dental caps or teeth inlaid with diamonds became popular.
The pit full of decapitated skeletons was found during roadwork in Dorset, and the remains are believed to be of Viking invaders massacred by local Britons.
The front teeth have horizontal lines that were so neatly filed, archaeologists believe it must have been done by a skilled craftsman rather than by their owners, and the process undoubtedly would have been excruciating.
"It's difficult to say how painful the process of filing teeth may have been, but it wouldn't have been a pleasant experience," the Guardian quoted David Score, of Oxford Archaeology, the unit which has been studying the bones since they were discovered in a pit near Weymouth in 2009, as saying.
"The purpose behind filed teeth remains unclear but as we know these men were warriors, it may have been to frighten opponents in battle or to show their status as a great fighter," he explained.
The mass of bones, 54 bodies and 51 skulls all of young fit men, was a wholly unexpected discovery as archaeologists worked on the site of the Weymouth relief road. (ANI)
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