The colored skeletons of Çatalhöyük, Turkey, from 9,000 years ago

An international team provides new insights about how the inhabitants of the ‘oldest city in the world’ in Çatalhöyük (Turkey) buried their dead. Their bones were partially painted, excavated several times and reburied. The findings provide insight into the burial rituals of a fascinating society that lived 9000 years ago.


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Source: ScienceDaily