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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on March 30, 2025, 11:52:13 AM

Title: Bronze age teenagers sacrifice baffles archaeologists
Post by: Imperial Dave on March 30, 2025, 11:52:13 AM
https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeology-latest-mesopotamia-bronze-age-burial-site-sacrificed-teenagers

Oh I don't know..... ::)
Title: Re: Bronze age teenagers sacrifice baffles archaeologists
Post by: Adrian Nayler on March 30, 2025, 01:07:08 PM
If you don't want to sign up to adverts or pay GB News to remove them an alternative story can be found here:

https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/03/human-sacrifices-of-adolescents-in-a-site-in-turkiye-reveal-the-origins-of-inequality-in-the-bronze-age/

You can find the original archaeological paper here:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/inequality-at-the-dawn-of-the-bronze-age-the-case-of-basur-hoyuk-a-royal-cemetery-at-the-margins-of-the-mesopotamian-world/19A5E0FB47541DB5B43BF8C5E93B7533
Title: Re: Bronze age teenagers sacrifice baffles archaeologists
Post by: Keraunos on March 30, 2025, 01:40:26 PM
So, Hunger Games is nothing new then?  ???
Title: Re: Bronze age teenagers sacrifice baffles archaeologists
Post by: Imperial Dave on March 30, 2025, 02:41:26 PM
 ;D