In 7000 B.C., a kiln-like pit became the site of the earliest know human cremation in the Near East. Source: https://www.livescience.com/oldest-cremation-near-east.html
Tag: cremation
Stone Age people were cremating their dead about 9000 years ago
A 9000-year-old cremation in Israel may help identify when in prehistory people began changing their burial practices and perhaps their religious beliefs too Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251443-stone-age-people-were-cremating-their-dead-about-9000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Ancient Roman dice unearthed in cremation pit in Norway
On a cliff overlooking a narrow strait in western Norway, archaeologists have discovered rare game pieces. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-game-pieces.html
As Virus Infections Surge, Countries End Lockdowns
Still struggling with rising coronavirus cases, India, Mexico, Russia, Iran and Pakistan have decided they must end lockdowns and restart their economies. From a report: At Nigambodh Ghat, the oldest cremation grounds in India’s capital, the bodies keep coming. One ambulance arrives with five inside. Then another. Then another, in an endless display of death. As the coronavirus pandemic surges in…