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[|Wikipedia Burials] [|Metmuseum Mesopotamian Burials] [|Sacrifices in the Sumerian Culture] [|Iraqi Archeologists Uncover An Ancient Sumerian City Of Graves] [|JSTOR: Religion and Ritual in Sixth-Mellennium B.C. Mesopotamia]

Notes: many things found at burial sites earliest found dismembered skeletons many graves contained "beautifully carved alabaster bowls" beads of many different materials many of the graves are that of very young infants most graves very well decorated many graves suggested ritual intent unique burial: Individual skulls in "Elaborately ornamented pottery vessels" Those that were cremated were thought to have broken rituals in life one of the most interesting finds in a grave was a vessel in the shape of a pig that was 30 cm high village burial? are mortuary rituals rare? From: [|JSTOR: Religion and Ritual in Sixth-Mellennium B.C. Mesopotamia]

Hundreds of graves excavated in Mesopotamia Most People Buried in family graves under their houses others in city graveyards graves with gold and other valuables considered royal graves From: [|Wikipedia Burials]

largest cemeteries was excavated Nearly 2000 Buried  Elaborate Underground Mausoleum The Grave Of Puabi one of the only intact royal tombs On the ramp looking like they were guarding the entrance to the tomb were the bodies of five men with copper daggers  From: [|Metmuseum Mesopotamian Burials]