Ancient Egyptian Rock Art, a Funeral Pyre in Africa, and an Animal Skull Collection - Ep 322
About this episode
The episode discusses three archaeological news stories including Ancient Egyptian rock art, the oldest example of intentional cremation in Africa, and Neanderthals collecting animal skulls.
This week we deep dive three interesting archaeology news stories. First up, a rock art panel from Ancient Egypt depicts the conquest of the nomadic groups that lived in the Sinai peninsula. Then, we head over to Africa, where a burial that is the oldest example of intentional cremation with an intact funeral pyre has been found. Finally, Neanderthals collected animal skulls and placed then in a cave 43,000 years ago, and, as usual, archaeologists are baffled!
Topics covered
- Ancient Egyptian rock art
- intentional cremation
- Neanderthal behavior
- archaeological discoveries
- animal skull collection
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Ancient Egypt, Sinai peninsula, Africa, Neanderthals, cave
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