MULTI-PERIOD Ritual Burial Complex Discovered In GERMANY

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In this week's ancient history news my headline story is about the discovery of a burial site in Germany that was used by different cultures over several millennia. I then discuss a cave necropolis in Spain that was also used for thousands of years, sixteen 2000-year-old rock art sites in Brazil and the excavation of a Hittite clay tablet from the city of Büklükale.
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✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Archaeologists find large Neolithic burial site in Germany
03:30 Researchers find that a cave necropolis in Spain was in use for four thousand years
06:00 2,000-year-old rock art discovered in Brazil
07:29 Mostly intact Hittite tablet discovered at Büklükale
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✨ REFERENCES
Nakewicki, J. (2024). ‘'Astonishing' Neolithic burial containing a human, cattle and chariot discovered in Germany,’ Livescience, 20 March. www.livescience.com/archaeolo...
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt - Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte 2024. Burial mounds and a chariot grave. Archaeologists discover a Neolithic burial landscape on the Eulenberg near Magdeburg. [Press release]. [Accessed 18 May 2009]. Available from: idw-online.de/de/news830373
Metcalfe, T. (2024). ‘Ancient humans used cave in Spain as burial spot for 4 millennia, 7,000 bones reveal,’ Livescience, 4 March. www.livescience.com/archaeolo...
Felizola, L. (2024). ‘2,000-year-old carvings of celestial bodies and animals discovered on rocky cliffs in Brazil,’ Livescience, March. www.livescience.com/archaeolo...
Metcalfe, T. (2024). ‘3,300-year-old tablet from mysterious Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities,’ Livescience, 11 March. www.livescience.com/archaeolo...
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
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Images and diagrams about the Bronze Age vial and its contents, credit: Eskandari, N., et al., in the paper referenced above.
Diagrams about the DNA study, credit: Simões, L.G., et al., in the paper referenced above.
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Baalberge vessel, credit: Einsamer Schütze
Schneiderberg tumulus, credit: Einsamer Schütze
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Lion Gate at Hattusa, credit: Carole Raddato
Other
Images from the Neolithic burial in Germany, credit: State Office for Heritage Management and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt
Images from the Cova dels Xaragalls, credit: IPHES
Images from the rock art in Brazil, credit: Rômulo Macêdo
Hittite clay tablet, credit:
Excavation at Büklükale, credit: Kimiyoshi Matsumura
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Map of the Kingdom of Mittani

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@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

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@barrywalser2384 3 ай бұрын

The burial mounds are interesting. The continuity of use is impressive, however, so is the fact that they remained undisturbed for so long. The Spanish cave burials must hold the record for being in use the longest. Thanks Laura! Always great info.

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

It’s kind of strange because these landscapes are full of places that could be used but people were always drawn back for be same location. I do think there must have been some sort of cultural continuity.

@barrywalser2384 3 ай бұрын

@@MegalithHunter Yes! There must have been.

@oxigenarian9763 3 ай бұрын

The common use of the burial sites by succeeding cultures really begs the questions, what cultural norms were held in common by these different peoples and what was the attraction to these particular locations? It's as though, like in modern history, the same lineage of people culturally evolved as their technology improved.

@sixeses 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Laura. It's interesting that we always think we know about the past, while we're always finding unexpected things from the distant past that can change that perception.

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😀

@floydriebe4755 3 ай бұрын

hokey smokes, Laura! you're just churnin' 'em out👍 CCOOOLLL! be there or be square✌😎

@barrywalser2384 3 ай бұрын

Hi again Floyd! Are you staying out of trouble these days?

@madderhat5852 3 ай бұрын

The first story in Germany really made an impact showing the thousands of years between different cultures and their eventual disappearances. They later peoples may not have known who their predecessors even were.

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

It’s really interesting and I suppose we still do that. Often sites get reused.

@BenSHammonds 3 ай бұрын

of much interest, enjoyed the program

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@BenSHammonds 3 ай бұрын

@@MegalithHunter is sure my pleasure, keep the videos coming

@peterb3772 3 ай бұрын

Another enthralling video, Laura! Your content is consistently outstanding. Is this broadcast coming from a new home studio?

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 Just a different location within the house.

@floydriebe4755 3 ай бұрын

definitely worth the wait, kiddo......the necropolis segments were fascinating....that they were used for so long, especially the cave, shows the sites were very important to the folks who used them.....symbolic or practical? "religious?" perhaps all of these and more......more excavations may provide some clues. the clay tablet is quite interesting, too......those early middle east folks were quite prolific with their writings.....we've learned much about early civilization from their tablets, stelae, and other forms of bragging😂 their kings sure liked to brag about their accomplishments, battles and largess......which is good for us.....without all of these discoveries, we'd know virtually nothing of those eras.... ssssoooo, our dear Laura, never apologize for putting your daughter ahead of us.....explain, of course, but we, most of us, know, the baby, child, family of any sort, must be numero uno🤩 just the same, it IS always wonderful to have our Laura in the chat😍 see you next time, my dear👋👍 ✌❤🕊

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

If I was an ancient queen I would most definitely spend a lot of time dictating cuneiform brags to my assistants 😂 working on more videos as we speak 😃 oh and a tiny little short coming out tomorrow just for fun.

@floydriebe4755 3 ай бұрын

@@MegalithHunter YEA!! and, my Queen, ye'd ha' much ta brag on, tha's fer sure....sure 'n yer worth the coin, m'lady! methinks ye spoil us, ofttimes.....thanks 'n kudos fer yer 'ard work, luv..... ever at yer sarvice, sir floyd⚔

@paulapridy6804 3 ай бұрын

Great content. Fresh

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@californianorma876 3 ай бұрын

I am interested in burial mounds because I am a quarter California native. In the Bay Area, there are mounds comparable in size to the Great Pyramid of Egypt.

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Wow!

@JorgeStolfi 3 ай бұрын

Not related to this video, but I just learned that a large meteor fell in northwest India around 2000 BCE, roughly halfway between Karachi and Ahmedabad. The crater - Luna Crater, not to be confused with a similar but *much* older Lonar Crater in central India - is bigger than Meteor Crater in Arizona. The consequences may not have been as bad as those of large volcanic eruptions, like Santorini; but the event must have been quite notable at the time. I wonder of there are record of it. It must have happened near the end of the Indus Civilization, which flourished just north of it. There is an ancient Hindu temple built on the edge, whose date I could not find. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_crater

@MegalithHunter 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting! Hadn't heard of that one either.