It’s not exactly a cheery Tuesday morning photo, but there is an intriguing mystery surrounding this skull that washed up on a Sydney beach.

A prop from an early production of Hamlet?

It’s 700 years old, but the trouble is it’s not Aboriginal. So where did it come from? The Manly Daily has the full story here.

As you’ll see from the report, police are appealing for the owner of the skull to come forward. He or she is described as being between four and six years old and having no head.

What do you think is the story behind the skull? Tell us in the comments. Some background on what was going on in the 14th century is here.

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    • Eric says:

      10:44am | 07/07/09

      It escaped from headhunters!

    • Polly says:

      12:49pm | 07/07/09

      So why can’t these carbon daters advise what area of the world the skull came from.  I suspect the skull had ‘escaped’ it’s grave.  With all the turmoil that’s happened due to tsunamis in recent time there would be a lot of human bones floating in the ocean.

    • Ford says:

      01:18pm | 07/07/09

      Polly: Carbon daters aren’t forensic anthropologists, who are the people who’d be able to tell you the most likely background of the skull.

    • Justin says:

      01:40pm | 07/07/09

      Maybe Richard Wilkins knows who it is? Jeff Goldblum perhaps?

    • ME says:

      01:57pm | 07/07/09

      It’s mine

    • Polly says:

      01:59pm | 07/07/09

      Ford - perhaps the forensic anthropoligists could get involved then.

    • The other me says:

      02:06pm | 07/07/09

      it’s his

    • Mr Walker says:

      02:47pm | 07/07/09

      It’s been washed out from the Skull Cave, an ancient ancestor of The Phantom.

    • KJ says:

      12:09pm | 08/07/09

      I feel much safer now that the police have ruled out foul play. The last thing we would want is another crook on the loose, 700 hundred years ago.

 

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