One of the first recorded transsexuals found
Archeologists say they've made a unique discovery in the Czech Republic: remains of a human male from the Copper Age, who was buried in a way traditionally only reserved for females who were part of the Corded Ware culture.
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"From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake," one of the archeologists told The Telegraph.
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"We believe this is one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a 'transsexual' or 'third gender grave' in the Czech Republic," they reportedly said during a press conference Tuesday.
The archeologists also noted that the only other find like theirs was an earlier dig that unearthed remains from the Mesolithic period, revealing a female warrior who had been buried as a man.
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Very interesting :)
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"From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake," one of the archeologists told The Telegraph.
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"We believe this is one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a 'transsexual' or 'third gender grave' in the Czech Republic," they reportedly said during a press conference Tuesday.
The archeologists also noted that the only other find like theirs was an earlier dig that unearthed remains from the Mesolithic period, revealing a female warrior who had been buried as a man.
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Very interesting :)