Jebel Sahaba

Jebel Sahaba, is a place where proof of violence done in the past is preserved between Sudan and Egypt, close to the Aswan High Dam.^[3] Archaeologists found 61 remains of early hunter-gatherers, including men, women, and children. Before the discovery in 1960, many experts believed that prehistoric people did not fight each other. This idea changed when Fred Wendorf found bones from the 12th millennium B.C., which showed a large number of injuries, damaged bones, and pieces of flint arrows.^[4]

Wendorf and his team discovered the prehistoric massacre site in the 1960s. Then, Isabelle Crevecoeur^[2] from the French National Center for Scientific Research^[2] discovered over 100 more signs of trauma and injuries, in 2014.^[2] The remains also show how the victims might have died. For example, young men were not there ^[5] because they probably escaped or survived. The hands were damaged when they warded off blows. ^[2] Some back-sided ribs had sharp cuts, maybe because they died trying to escape. ^[2] A pregnant woman had her hands twisted together, showing a possibility of being tied up. These medieval-like actions were very surprising for archaeologists and scientists.