Trilobites: Ancient Burial Pits Reveal Sophisticated Rituals
Hundreds of bodies were packed tightly in carved out bedrock, marked by pillars, a sign of organized “monumentality” by some of East Africa’s earliest herders. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Cemeteries
Topics: herders, earliest, Africa’s, “monumentality”, organized, pillars, marked, bedrock, carved, tightly, packed, bodies, Hundreds, Rituals, Sophisticated, Reveal, Burial, Ancient, Trilobites
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/science/lake-turkana-burials-pillars.html?partner=rss&emc=rss