Archaeologists may have just uncovered evidence for the oldest known practice of mummification.
Human remains interred 8,000 years ago in the Sado Valley in Portugal, during the Mesolithic, appear to have been deliberately treated for mummification prior to burial. This is the first evidence for Mesolithic mummification in Europe.It's also possibly the oldest in the world.
The images captured therein were of exceptional quality, and allowed the research team to conduct a more in-depth This allowed the team to better understand how human corpses decompose in different positions when they have been mummified and when they have not. The results of these experiments could then be compared to images of the Sado Valley remains; and, fascinatingly, even without soft tissue, the remains of one individual showed signs of being mummified. These include hyperflexed limbs, an absence of disarticulation, and rapid sediment infill around the bones.
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