This study demonstrates that the donkey held a special status in the ceremonial practices of the ancient Near East.doi:10.1179/175638010X12797246583852WayKenneth C.LevantWay, K. C. (2010): "Assessing Sacred Asses: Bronze Age Donkey Burials in the Near East". Levant 42, 210-225....
They were used in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. They were usually highly decorated and are now considered works of art. Most sarcophagi in modern times are false. Even though the structure looks the right size and shape to hold the remains of a body, they are actually placed over a ...
Animal burials or, more generally, animal interments are archaeological features in which a complete or nearly complete nonhuman animal was placed in a prepared pit or otherwise intentionally cached, installed, or deposited. Nonhuman animal burials are distinguished from other types of deposits, such ...
Whilst, in the absence of the absolute dating of every ivory ring found, the use of ancient ivory cannot be entirely discounted, to date not a single example has been shown to have come from a mammoth, making it increasingly unlikely that it was a source exploited in the Anglo-Saxon ...
cremation is to burn the body at temperatures so hot that flesh and bone would turn to ash, the ash could then be scattered, buried or sailed out to sea. The second, inhumation was to bury the body in its current state under the ground, and then either place earth, dirt or stones ...
Man's Best Friend For Eternity: Dog And Human burials In Ancient Egypt There is a long history of animal burials, both ritual and pet, in Egypt. Among the many animals buried in Egypt, dogs are amongst the most commonly found... Ikram,Salima - 《Anthropozoologica》 被引量: 15发表: 201...
This, and other evidence, suggest that attempts were made to return these individuals to the soil in as complete of a state as possible鈥攂eing limited only by the ancient grave-digger's level of anatomical knowledge. A review of the mortuary literature and inquiries made to several leading ...
The modern population of Fayum appears to reflect the ancient structure much better than the medieval population from Cemetery A in Naqlun. Moreover, there seems to be an evident decrease in racial diversity from antiquity to modern times, but the Naqlun skulls break out from this order....
Predynastic EgyptBioarchaeological studies of animal dung from arid environments provide valuable information on various aspects of life in ancient societies relating to land use and environmental change, and from the Neolithic onwards to the animal husbandry and the use of animals as markers of status...
Burial mound, artificial hill of earth and stones built over the remains of the dead. In England the equivalent term is barrow; in Scotland, cairn; and in Europe and elsewhere, tumulus. In western Europe and the British Isles, burial cairns and barrows d