Skeleton of a male individual aged between 35 and 50 years old with cinnabar painting on the cranium at the Catalhoyuk Neolithic settlement in Turkey. Note: This photo is from a press release. (Marco Milella/Newsflash)
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22 March 2022
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The inhabitants of the "world's oldest city" - now a UNESCO World Heritage Site - painted the skeletal remains of their dead and buried them in the walls of people's homes. They would also dig them up again and pass parts of the skeletons, including their skulls, around the community before...