In Ancient Spain, a Nail Through the Skull Could Mean Enmity, or Honor

In Ancient Spain, a Nail Through the Skull Could Mean Enmity, or Honor: Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper argues. By Franz Lidz Some 2,000 years ago, a macabre ritual was observed in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula, a region of Spain known today as Catalonia. In several settlements, the skulls of