A L5thC coin of the Alachon Huns, who ruled in Afghanistan; note the cranial deformation: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/silver_dinar_of_the_alchon_hun.aspx …pic.twitter.com/SMnpX9teL8
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@WadesWords13 @greg_jenner Possibly, though some sort of status/power symbolism too, and to fit in with Hun ascendancy for non-Huns?
@caitlinrgreen @greg_jenner Interesting - did the men have this deformation too?
@WadesWords13 @caitlinrgreen yes, Huns and Alan tribes were known to do it - both genders - and same with some South American cultures
@greg_jenner @WadesWords13 Indeed :) See, for example, the depiction of this Hunnic ruler of L5thC Afghanistan:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/573852194866335745 …
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