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9,500-year-old cremation pyre of a hunter-gatherer woman is the oldest of its kind in the world

Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.

Earliest African cremation was 9,500 years ago

Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper published in the journal Science Advances, radiocarbon testing dates the ...
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Discovery of a 9,500-year-old funeral pyre

At the Hora 1 archaeological site in Malawi, the discovery of the remains of a massive fire and the presence of incinerated ...
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Scientists discover Africa’s oldest cremation pyre revealing complex rituals from 9,500 years ago

A team led by University of Oklahoma anthropologist Jessica Cerezo-Román and Yale University anthropologist Jessica Thompson has documented something archaeologists have long struggled to find in ...

Africa's oldest-known cremation raises a historical mystery

The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in ...

Oldest known cremation pyre in Africa reveals mysterious woman who lived 9,500 years ago

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 ...

Cremation pyre in Africa thought to be world’s oldest containing adult remains

Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups ...