What are 8 Oldest Cemeteries in the World?Part 2

What are 8 Oldest Cemeteries in the World? Part 2

No one knows for sure when early humans decided to start deliberately burying the dead. The earliest uncontested burials date back to about 100,000 years ago, while Cemetery Tombstones, intentional mass graves, appeared thousands of years later. Early hunter-gatherers often buried the dead next to their houses. To date, the earliest true burial grounds found are 8,500 years old, and no other ancient burial grounds have been found.

5.Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives is one of the oldest and most important Jewish cemeteries in the world. The Mount of Olives has religious significance and is associated with biblical events. Due to this. The area was once the center of Jewish life in Jerusalem. The mountain was consecrated and became a place of pilgrimage for the Jews. During the First and Second Temple periods, Jews in the region began to bury their dead in burial caves on the hillside. Since then, the cemetery has been used to bury all of the city's Jews, including prominent Jews from all over the world. Sylvain Cemetery is one of the most important archaeological sites of the cemetery. These tombs were used by the highest officials of ancient Jerusalem and date back to the 7th century AD ВСЕ.

6.Udegram Cemetery

At its most exciting, in 2012, a team of Italian archaeologists led by Luca Maria Oliveri announced that they had discovered a discovery in the village of Udearam. an ancient cemetery. Located in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. Although the remains were not carbon-tested at the time, archaeologists believe the remains belonged to members of the Dardik community. They also said that the burial site was used between the end of the second millennium BC and the first half of the first millennium BC and that Udgram has been excavated since the 1950s, but this is an archaeological The family noticed the graves for the first time. They found 32 sealed tombs with a large collection of artefacts. Some of the tombs contained hairpins, spindles, copper and bronze ornaments, well-preserved jars and iron pieces.

7. Kerameikos

For centuries, Kerameikos was the most important necropolis in ancient Athens. The cemetery is located to the north of the Acropolis and was originally a swamp on the banks of the Eridanos River. The ancient Greeks have buried their dead here since at least 3000 BC, with an organized cemetery established around 1200 BC. Kerameikos is divided into two main parts, the older part is inside the ancient city walls and the other is outside. The two parts are separated by the wall of Themistocles, which is also a historical monument. Except for the grave. There are other buildings in the cemetery, such as private residences, pottery workshops and Pompeii: Pompeii is a large complex, probably used to prepare various religious festivals

8. Gross Fredenwalde

In the end: the ancient European cemetery known as Grosfredenwald is currently considered the oldest in the world. According to the researchers, it is the earliest known "true cemetery" where the dead were intentionally and carefully buried together. The burial site dates back to the Mesolithic period, and it is rare to find multiple burials at the same site. People didn't start burying the dead together until about 3,000 years later.