Can Sadurni

Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona in Spain have uncovered a rare Neolithic death ritual containing the remains of four individuals which are incredibly well preserved, and the funerary rites were the first of their kind seen in the region. The remains include those of an adult, an adolescent, and two children aged 3 to 6 years, which have been dated to 6,400 years old. Unusually, the four individuals had been placed in a tight foetal position and then bound together with rope and wrapped in a shroud. Manual Edo, director of the excavations, believes they were placed in this position because "that is how you arrive on Earth and how you leave." Along with the human remains, researchers found