Human history could be rewritten after boffins find bizarre 4,000

The strange burial belonged to a middle aged man who lived between 2050 and 1750 B.C. and contained an unexpected vessel whose contents have left boffins baffled Human history could be rewritten after 4,000-year-old burial site found (Image: Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

A solitary grave uncovered in Sudan is reshaping understanding of early civilisations after researchers identified the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took place nearly 4,000 years ago.

The burial, discovered during a 2018 archaeological survey in the Bayuda Desert of northeast Sudan, belonged to a middle aged man who lived between 2050 and 1750 B.C. This places him within the Kingdom of Kerma, an early Nubian civilization that neighboured ancient Egypt.

Although the grave itself appeared m