Sudan Yields Oldest Human Sacrifice- Malaysiakini

TEHRAN, Feb 7 (Press TV)--Archaeological excavations in Sudan have yielded a tomb, believed by experts to contain traces of the oldest human sacrifice in Africa.

French archeologists unearthed the 5,500-year-old tomb in a cemetery in al-Kadada, north of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.

The Stone Age tomb includes the skeletal remains of a man and a woman facing one another. The skeletons of two women, two goats and a dog were also found near the tomb.

The skeletons date back to the period between 3,700 and 3,400 BCE, when the transition from hunting to farming society took place.

Directed by Jacques Reinold of the French section of the Sudanese antiquities department, the archeology team also unearthed polished axes, a millstone, make-up palettes and ceramics at the site.

Located alongside the Nile River, al-Kadada is considered one of the cradles of humanity in the Neolithic era, ninemsn reported.

Archaeological excavations in northern Sudan have led to the discovery of evidence regarding Africa's oldest human sacrifice.