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Archaeologists have uncovered a baffling 5,000-year-old burial in a prehistoric kiln pit near Gerstewitz, Germany, raising dark questions about human sacrifice and ancient violence. Found during excavations for the SuedOstLink power line, the remains belong to a young man of the Corded Ware culture, a society known for its strict funerary traditions. Instead of a typical grave, his body was discovered curled inside an abandoned underground combustion chamber, his skull bearing the brutal marks of blunt force trauma. The discovery was made by experts from the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology (LDA ) Saxony-Anhalt. The victim, estimated to be around 25 years old at the time of his death, was placed on his right side facing south -