Mafia Found to Have Originated in GERMANY Circa 7K Years Ago

[Tuckerfan]

How else would you explain a decapitated horse?

The archaeologists believe that various rituals took place on the mound, including sacrifices. "We found two beheaded young people and next to them, the fragmented skeleton of a horse, minus skull and hind legs," explains Ganslmeier.

Seriously, though, it appears that archeologists have found a structure previously unknown in Europe.

The result of this process, known to archaeologists as a dwelling mound, is most commonly associated with the Middle East; in Iraq, the structures reach a height of 40 meters. They are also known in the Balkans and South America, but not in Germany -- at least until now.

Hence the discovery of a dwelling mound near Oberröblingen in Saxony-Anhalt has caused something of a stir in the German archaeological establishment. Thought to be 7,000 years old, the oval-shaped mound, which is roughly 100 meters long, 60 meters wide and 1.8 meters high, consists of the clay remains of centuries of previous structures.

Nifty!

[MrDibble]

Horse sacrifice has a long and distinguished Indo-European history.

My little Epona goes back a long way.