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November 29, 2009
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Horse head and neck sacrifice in a pit outside an ancient house in northern Kazakhstan.
Horse head and neck sacrifice in a pit outside an ancient house at the Botai site of Krasnyi Yar, northern Kazakhstan.
Credit: Sandra Olsen, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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