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research paper , published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications, explains that around 28 people were found buried with “hundreds of valuable metal items.” The authors wrote that the wealth and size of the grave indicated that these remains were not a random section of a community, but rather, that they were “important individuals and their sacrificed retainers .” The paper says that included in this artifact collection were: “486 iron and 26 copper objects, 127 Atlantic marine shells (15 of them being pierced), and 39 pierced carnivore teeth .”
Deceased Elites Who Had Changed Their Appearance In Life
At least 24 adults (over 15 years old) were identified, and the repetition of intentionally removed upper teeth caused “highly visible changes in the facial characteristics,” which the paper explains might have acted “as a strong ethnic marker” or group identity, meaning the people shared common beliefs .
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May. 28, 2021 3:14 AM
An enigmatic mound built in northeastern Syria some 4,400 years ago may be the oldest known war memorial, hosting the remains of male and child soldiers, some possibly as young as eight, along with their military equipment, archaeologists say.
The earthen memorial was raised just outside Tell Banat, which is the remains of an ancient settlement on the east bank of the Euphrates River that was occupied already 5,000 years ago, at the dawn of the Bronze Age. The artificial knoll built by the settlement may have been an early attempt by an unknown Mesopotamian civilization to honor its war dead and even to assert control over the region by projecting power, reports a study published Friday in the journal Antiquity.