A cemetery of severed hands was discovered in Egypt: scientists have never seen anything like this
Researchers suggest that the eerie find may be evidence of a ritual.
Scientists have found out where 12 severed hands came from in ancient Egyptian burial pits.
DailyMail writes about it.
The results of the study showed that all severed hands were right, of which 11 belonged to men and one to a woman.
Researchers suggest that the eerie find may be evidence of a ritual called “gold of honor”. The essence of this practice was that the pharaoh's soldiers brought the severed hands of their enemies and received a prestigious award in return – for example, a necklace of golden beads.
The discovery shows that this eerie ritual could have been practiced almost a century earlier than expected.
We will remind, earlier archaeologists managed to find the tomb of the daughter of the ruler of Asyut province, who lived during the Middle Kingdom in…
