Skulls Reveal Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Egypt 5,000 Years Ago
Ancient Egypt human sacrifice
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- Independent Science·2h ago5,000-year-old skulls in Egypt reveal evidence of human sacrifice
The ‘gruesome’ sacrifices would have been terrifying for those involved, experts say
Read at Independent Science → - Guardian World·10h agoSkull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s ancient kings were sacrificed
Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when their ruler died, according to research that found fractures in several ancient…
Read at Guardian World → - Gizmodo AU·10h agoSkulls Reveal Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Egypt 5,000 Years Ago
Royal tombs at Abydos were surrounded by numerous other burials. In the 1920s, an Egyptologist questioned whether all those people could have died naturally at the same time.
Read at Gizmodo AU → - Phys.org Science·10h agoModern forensics reveals human sacrifice in ancient Egypt's royal burials
Over 500 years before the building of the Great Pyramid in Egypt, First Dynasty kings were buried in a tomb surrounded by many burials of household officials and artisans—many of which seem to have taken place at the same time, a suspiciously high number of simultaneous deaths.
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