5,000-year-old Corded Ware burial found in kiln pit raises possibility of human sacrifice in Germany (opens in new tab)

Archaeologists working ahead of Germany’s SuedOstLink power line project have uncovered a puzzling burial near the village of Gerstewitz in Saxony-Anhalt. The discovery involves a young man from the Corded Ware culture who was buried in an abandoned kiln pit nearly 5,000 years ago, raising questions about how he died and why he was laid […]