Souls And Stones - Death Rites Of The Iron Age

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 17:07 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an Iron Age chiseled stone slab that provides the first written evidence in the region that people believed the soul was separate from the body.  University of Chicago researchers will describe the discovery, a testimony created by an Iron Age official that includes an incised image of the man, on Nov. Advertisement: read more

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