This is why people were buried alive in prehistoric Europe

People were buried alive after cruel torture in Neolithic Europe, according to new research. the Live sciences According to excavations, more than a dozen cases have been found in which people were buried alive by tying their legs to their necks, essentially suffocating themselves.

The study follows a re-examination of an ancient burial site discovered more than 20 years ago at Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateau, near Avignon in southern France. The remains of three women, probably buried about 5,500 years ago, were found in a silo used to store grain.

Eric Crobezi According to the biological anthropologist, the wooden structure built over the grave was aligned with the sun at the solstice, and several broken stones for grinding grain were found nearby, which must have been used to secure ropes for the still-living victims so they would not move.

Therefore, killing could easily be a ritual related to agriculture or production.

With this in mind, they examined several sites and eventually found evidence of 20 sacrificial killings at 14 Neolithic sites, which may have occurred between 5,400 and 3,500 BC. This type of cruel burial alive seems to have been very common, as such cases have been found all over Europe, from Spain to the present-day Czech Republic.