The discovery confirms a claim made by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus that the Scythians (circa 800 B.C. to A.D. 300) used human flesh for leather.. To investigate, researchers analyzed 45 ...

These ancient nomads made human leather out of their enemies. 2,400 years ago, a Greek historian described how the fearsome Scythians fashioned items from the skins of those they defeated.

It was like a Buffalo Bill trinket — but 100% cruelty-free. A UK woman redefined body art after revealing that she turned the four pounds of skin from her weight loss surgery into human leather.

“The more unusual, human and carnivore, leather appears to have been used in the top parts of the quivers,” they wrote. “This may indicate that each archer made their own quiver using the ...

Archaeologists have made a 'grisly' discovery in Ukraine- leather fashioned from human skin by nomadic warriors 2,000 years ago.. The artifacts belonged to the ancient Scythians, who originated ...

Leather samples, including human skin, from Scythian sites in Ukraine. Image: M. Daragan Scythians in modern-day Ukraine made leather out of human skin, a team of researchers has determined ...

How I turned 4lbs of my saggy, excess skin into human LEATHER: Slimmed-down artist's 'bonkers' idea saw her store it in her freezer - right next to her berries!

She also shipped human skin to Pauley, who was hired to tan the skin into leather, which he then exchanged for more human skin. The tanned skin was returned to MacLean, who lives in Salem ...