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Discovery of a 9,500-year-old funeral pyre
At the Hora 1 archaeological site in Malawi, the discovery of the remains of a massive fire and the presence of incinerated ...
The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.
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9,500-year-old cremation pyre of a hunter-gatherer woman is the oldest of its kind in the world
Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.
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9,500-year-old cremation site is challenging what we know about early human burial practices
'Cremation is very rare among ancient and modern hunter-gatherers,' a study author said ...
Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, people’s shadows ...
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Archaeologists Discover The Earliest Confirmed Adult Cremation
In an ancient rock shelter in the heart of Malawi, archaeologists have found the world's oldest evidence of a funeral pyre for an adult. The charred remains, 9,500 years old, reveal that the deceased ...
The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in such a visible way?
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