A humanoid skeleton dating back 2,000 years ago was uncovered from a site dubbed as 'Russia’s Stonehenge.'
Many believed that it serves as proof that aliens were on Earth thousands of years before.
Yahoo reported that archaeologists discovered an ancient skeleton with an elongated skull, resembling an alien, in Akraim.
However, the archaeologists insisted that the skeleton actually belonged to a woman from an ancient tribe. The explanation for the elongated form of the head was an old tribal practice of binding the head for years, causing it to grow out of shape.
Scientists who revealed the images believe that the body is not as old as the archaeological site, which originated in 4,000 B.C. The experts believe that the bones date back to only around 200 to 300 A.D.
The Akraim site was found in 1987 and became a significant area to study the Bronze Age.
The Russian Stonehenge served as a primitive astronomical observatory. It was also a village with an area of about 220,000 square feet, protected by two big circular stone walls.
There were two circles of dwellings in the village with a street in between. A central community square used to exist in the middle.
Through the years, there have been a number of interesting artifacts unveiled from the site.
“We have found a well preserved skeleton. I would not exclude the possibility that the skeleton belongs to a woman from the Sarmati trible that lived in the territories of what is now modern day Ukraine, Kazakhstan and southern Russia. Her skull was elongated because the tribe did so by tying up the heads of their children with rope. It was clearly a tradition in the tribe,” researcher Maria Makurova told TASS, a Russian news agency.
Makurova added that they are still developing theories on why the tribe practiced the head-binding custom.
The same Yahoo report added that alien life enthusiasts still believed the ancient tribesmen followed the tradition to copy the elongated skulls of actual aliens that visited them centuries ago.
Parents would tie the heads of their children with rope, so their heads would elongate as the young skulls develop over the years.
Mirror reported that the tribe lived in Arkaim close to the modern day city of Chelyabinsk in Central Russia.
More updates and theories regarding ancient Akraim skeleton are expected to come out in the following weeks.