The ‘Oldest’ known African human sacrifice » Neolithic tomb containing a 5,500-year-old man
A recent handout picture shows the Freninitial excavations of a Neolithic tomb containing a 5,500-year-old man, believed to have been an important leader at the time of death, in El Kadada. French archaeologists in Sudan say they have uncovered the oldest proof of human sacrifice in Africa, hailing the discovery as the biggest Neolithic find on the continent for years.
(AFP/File/Jacques Reinhold)
