Skeleton Of 12,000 Year Old Shaman Discovered Buried With Leopard, 50 Tortoises And Human Foot

Skeleton Of 12,000 Year Old Shaman Discovered Buried With Leopard, 50 Tortoises And Human Foot: "The skeleton of a 12,000 year-old Natufian Shaman has been discovered in northern Israel by archaeologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The burial is described as being accompanied by 'exceptional' grave offerings - including 50 complete tortoise shells, the pelvis of a leopard and a human foot. The shaman burial is thought to be one of the earliest known from the archaeological record and the only shaman grave in the whole region."