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While working in his garden at Lake Baikal, a man discovered a tomb about 7,000 years old, which may have belonged to one of the oldest settlements in the world.
The unique discovery was made in May, on the outskirts of Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Buryatia, part of the Russian federation. A city man was working in the family garden with his son, when they found three skeletons, two adults and a child sitting between them, buried in embryonic positions, a few meters from their home, according to the Siberian Times.
“I was digging a hole with my son, when suddenly a bone, a joint, jumped. I volunteered for a time in the search for victims of the Second World War in the Kursk region, so I immediately understood that they were human remains. I carefully cleaned the area and saw the skull of the first adult, then the child, then the second adult. “Alexey Agoshkov told a local television station.
Ivan, her son, ran excitedly to announce his mother’s discovery. The family realized that it was an ancient tomb and the authorities announced.
Subsequent archaeological investigations have established that the tomb is several thousand years old. At this time it is unknown whether the adults were male or female and the cause of death has not been determined, but no signs have been found to suggest that all three suffered a violent death, the archaeologist said. Natalia Tsydenova, a researcher at the Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies.
A white stone ring was placed on the head of one of the adults and the same person had imprints of bracelets made of shell on both joints.
Further investigation will determine the sex of the people found in the grave, age, racial identity, and cause of death.
The tomb resembles another discovered in the North Angara region, dating back to the early Neolithic, added Natalia Tsydenova. She also said that this tomb could be part of an ancient settlement.
“It would be just amazing”said Prokopy Konovalov, a history doctor who worked at the archaeological site.
