{"id":117915,"date":"2023-09-13T10:32:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T10:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=117915"},"modified":"2023-09-13T10:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T10:32:05","slug":"bronze-age-girl-buried-with-150-animal-bones-to-help-her-into-next-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/bronze-age-girl-buried-with-150-animal-bones-to-help-her-into-next-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronze Age girl buried with 150 animal bones to help her into next world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age girl who was buried with more than 150 animal bones believed to help her "transition into the next world."<\/p>\n

    The skeletal remains of the unidentified adolescent youngster were also surrounded by a wealth of other artefacts which reveal clues about her role within the community.<\/p>\n

    The discovery is one of 100 burial mounds in Ainabulak, Kazakhstan believed to date between 3200 BC and 100 BC.<\/p>\n

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    Rinat Zhumatayev, an archaeologist who led the excavation said the girl was "buried on her left side, bent over."<\/p>\n

    "There were small wire earrings in both ears and beads around her neck," they told Live Science. <\/p>\n

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    Tests revealed she was between 12 and 15 years old when she died.<\/p>\n

    She was buried with 180 ankle bones – likely from sheep or cattle – as well as several metal sword parts, a mirror and a bronze bowl.<\/p>\n

    The most noteable artefact was a carving of a frog on a bronze disc and marks the first time that such an object has been discovered in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

    Zhumatayev said: "The image of the frog has [had] different meanings among many peoples since antiquity.<\/p>\n

    "It's associated with the image of a woman in labour and the cult of water \u2026 but requires more study (to determine its true meaning)."<\/p>\n

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