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Russian Anthropologists Discover 6,000-Year-Old Livestock Cult Burials in Sudan
Russian Anthropologists Discover 6,000-Year-Old Livestock Cult Burials in Sudan
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The artifacts collected in Sudan could shed new light on questions about cattle domestication, a Russian researcher said, adding that they may help determine... 16.03.2025, Sputnik Africa
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During an archeological excavation in the Nubian desert in Sudan, what initially appeared to be human remains turned out to belong to animals, most likely cows, with the burials dating back some 6,000 years, senior researcher at the Moscow State University's research institute and museum of anthropology Alexey Krol told Sputnik Africa, commenting on the results of the recent Russian archeological-anthropological expedition.The Russian expedition, consisting of 10 people, carried out excavations in the Onib pit in the Nubian desert in Sudan from the end of January to the beginning of March with the permission of local authorities, according to the speaker.The researcher noted that the recently discovered cult burial is part of a larger structure, with these burials appearing to surround a central grave.
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Russian Anthropologists Discover 6,000-Year-Old Livestock Cult Burials in Sudan
18:29 16.03.2025 (Updated: 17:54 17.03.2025) Elizaveta Roschina
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The artifacts collected in Sudan could shed new light on questions about cattle domestication, a Russian researcher said, adding that they may help determine whether the cattle found in Egypt and Sudan were originally domesticated in Southwest Asia and the Middle East or if Africa had its own independent center of cattle domestication.
During an archeological
excavation in the Nubian desert in Sudan, what initially appeared to be human remains turned out to belong to animals, most likely cows, with the burials dating back some 6,000 years, senior researcher at the Moscow State University's research institute and museum of anthropology
Alexey Krol told
Sputnik Africa, commenting on the results of the recent Russian archeological-anthropological expedition.
"And this is not a cattle burial ground. This is not a random burial of a cow that died. No, this is a cult burial. This is evidenced by the very elegant, exquisite architecture; the grave is lined with stones. A mound was piled on top of it. And with several rings of this mound, and inside the cow was laid so that its head was almost on the surface, slightly covered with earth, but the horns were definitely sticking out above the ground," the researcher noted.
The Russian expedition, consisting of 10 people, carried out excavations in the Onib pit in the Nubian desert in Sudan from the end of January to the beginning of March with the permission of local authorities, according to the speaker.
"It is indeed a sensational discovery because it serves as yet another confirmation of the hypothesis that has been repeatedly proposed over the past 20 years: the foundations of ancient Egyptian culture, mythology, ideology, and iconography were formed during those distant times when the future Egyptians roamed the vast expanses of the Western desert," Krol pointed out.
The researcher noted that the recently discovered cult burial is part of a larger structure, with these burials appearing to surround a central grave.
"The fact is that the excavated, well, that is, not yet excavated, cult structure, cult burial, which we have begun to research. These burials are only part of a certain structure. Judging by the position of these tombs, they were concentrated around another central tomb. And the study of that will be the task of the next season, the next season that we plan to do in November," he said.
