Halle (dpa/sa) - The mortal remains of the shaman of Bad Dürrenberg, who died around 9000 years ago, are back in the permanent exhibition of the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle. The archaeological find was last seen in an exhibition in London, as a spokesman for the museum announced on Monday. According to the museum, the woman's grave was discovered by accident in 1934 during sewer works in Bad Dürrenberg. In 2019, archaeologists found more bones attributed to a child.
According to state archaeologist Harald Meller, experts assume that it is the oldest verifiable shaman grave in the world. According to the findings of the scientists, the woman was around 30 to 35 years old. In her arms she held an infant. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig found out that the child was a boy, but not the woman's son. The State Museum is planning a special show on the shaman of Bad Dürrenberg.
The approximately 3,600-year-old "Nebra Sky Disc", which was also shown in London, can recently be seen again in Halle. The bronze disc with gold plating is considered to be the oldest depiction of concrete celestial phenomena in the world. In 2013 it was included in the Register of Humanity's Memory of the World ("Memory of the World") of the UN cultural organization Unesco. The state museum shows around 8000 finds in its permanent exhibition.
