Lost Cannibals of Europe National Geographic Explorer : Season 2011 Episode 2
CNBC 2h 00m int(0)
Aired: October 9th, 2011 @ 8:00 PM EST on CNBC
Cannibalism has long been considered a dark chapter in man's history. Yet we think of it only as isolated occurrences. Now a Neolithic burial pit in Germany, found filled with expertly butchered human remains, challenges those assumptions. Archaeologists have never seen anything like it the deeper they dig, the more bizarre the scene becomes. EXPLORER joins an international team of experts as they reopen the earth to understand the violent events as they played out seven thousand years ago