All Things GiantsCone-Headed Skull of 6,200-Year-Old Girl Unearthed in Iran, Scientists Don’t Know Why Posted on July 1, 2025 by Administrator About 6,200 years ago, in a village on the northern rim of the Persian Gulf, a young woman died after being struck on the head. She was probably younger than 20. Her skull, recently discovered at the prehistoric graveyard of Chega Sofla in western Iran, speaks two tales — one of cultural shaping, and one of traumatic violence.
