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Archaeologists Unearth 29 Skeletons With Impressions From Plant Stems and Flowers, Reveal 14,000-Year-Old Burial Rituals

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A team of archaeologists from the University of Haifa unearthed four burial sites that contained 29 bodies in total.

The ancient burial pit contained impressions from stems and flowers of aromatic plants such as mint and sage.

The findings highlighted certain rituals used by one of the earliest human cultures to inhabit a fixed settlement.

The discovery was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .