据说，头骨是人类身体中**一个死后与活着时一样强大的部位。《头骨》带领读者通过人类骨骼皇冠上的镂空眼窝领略头骨的历史。本书由一系列短篇插图故事组成，其中包含了引人入胜的事实、历史、医学参考资料和轶事。30多名头骨收藏家的证词揭示了人们所知道的，或猜测的，关于头骨的可怕历史，以及它们是如何获得的，是什么让它们如此珍贵。

It is said that the skull is the only human body part that is as powerful dead as it was when living. Skulls takes the reader on an eerie journey through history seen through the hollow eye sockets of this crown jewel of the human skeleton. The book is made up of a series of short illustrated stories laced with fascinating facts, historical and medical references and compelling anecdotes. The testimonials of thirty-plus skull collectors reveal what is known of – or speculated about – the often gruesome history of the skulls, as well as how they were acquired and what makes them so highly prized.