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Archaeologists Document Angola’s Oldest Burials Before Dam Inundation

Archaeologists Document Angola’s Oldest Burials Before Dam Inundation

Ahead of a hydroelectric dam’s completion, researchers uncovered Angola’s earliest dated burials and its only known ancient cremation at a 15th-century settlement. The salvage work preserves rare evidence of the region’s past before the site is submerged.

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Angola's oldest burials, including its only known ancient cremation, uncovered at a 15th-century site doomed by a dam