Violent deaths found among people buried beside Egypt’s first royal tombs For more than a century, archaeologists have debated the deaths of people buried beside Egypt’s earliest royal tombs. Many early researchers linked these graves to human sacrifice. New study of the surviving skulls now points to a more complex story. The burials sit at Umm el-Qaab, near Abydos, where Egypt’s First Dynasty rulers built large tombs... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/violent-deaths-among-people-buried-beside-egypts-first-royal-tombs/ Follow @archaeology #archaeology