WATCH | 6,800-year-old skeleton discovered in Germany

17 May 2024 - 12:49 By Reuters
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German archeologists have unearthed a skeleton of a man who lived around 4,800 BC in a village in Lower Bavaria.

The grave goods suggest he was probably a village elder or even an early mayor.

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