The oldest known cremation in the near east dates to 7000 BC
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 - 13:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Ancient people in the Near East had begun the practice of intentionally cremating their dead by the beginning of the 7th millennium BC, according to a study published August 12, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Fanny Bocquentin of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and colleagues.