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Skeleton with bird skull in its mouth identified as 12-year-old Scandinavian girl from 17th century

Archaeologists say the girl with a chaffinch head in her mouth had come over with an army of invaders during the 1655 Swedish Deluge, a mid-17th century invasion and occupation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. (illustration pic) Artur Reszko/PAP

Archaeologists working at the Tunel Wielki cave in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland in southeast Poland, say the girl with a chaffinch head in her mouth had come over with an army of invaders during the 1655 Swedish Deluge, a mid-17th century invasion and occupation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Skull dug-uppery: Skull of prehistoric bison found in Warsaw metro

The ancient remains consisting of the front part of the skull and both horns measuring 90cm were found by workers on the future Bródno metro.

Mystery of what Kamień Pomorski witch looked like could soon be solved with help of 3D skull

The skeletal remains discovered in Kamień Pomorski in 2014 were initially thought to belong to a man, but then it was discovered they belonged to a woman accused of witchcraft and who was then tortured to death.

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