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What Is the Oldest Grave?

Sophia Al-Mansoor • • 6 min read
What Is the Oldest Grave?
A nearly 80,000-year-old grave discovered in Africa is the continent's oldest-known human burial, archaeologists have announced. Those behind the find have christened the remains Mtoto, from the Swahili word for child.

What is the oldest human grave?

Qafzeh: Oldest Intentional Burial

  • Exhibit Item.
  • Date of Discovery: 1933.
  • Discovered by: R. Neuville.
  • Age: About 100,000 years old.
  • Site: Qafzeh.

How old is the oldest tombstone?

The oldest existing carved gravestone belongs to Captain Jonathan Alden who died in 1697. The cemetery was abandoned in 1789 and reclaimed in 1887 by the Duxbury Rural Society. They set out to find Myles Standish's grave, which was unmarked and eventually found it and built a memorial over his gravesite.
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