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Ancient Egyptian Rock Art, a Funeral Pyre in Africa, and an Animal Skull Collection - Ep 322
Rachel Roden Rachel Roden

Ancient Egyptian Rock Art, a Funeral Pyre in Africa, and an Animal Skull Collection - Ep 322

This week we deep dive three interesting archaeology news stories. First up, a rock art panel from Ancient Egypt depicts the conquest of the nomadic groups that lived in the Sinai peninsula. Then, we head over to Africa, where a burial that is the oldest example of intentional cremation with an intact funeral pyre has been found. Finally, Neanderthals collected animal skulls and placed then in a cave 43,000 years ago, and, as usual, archaeologists are baffled!

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