Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when their ruler died, according to research that found fractures in several ancient skulls. The royal ...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/05/skull-fractures-suggest-servants-of-egypts-ancient-kings-were-sacrificed)