Archaeologists found in Crimea the remains of a baby sacrificed in…

Archaeologists found in Crimea the remains of a baby sacrificed in the 1st century BC.

Consensus

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a sacrificed infant at the ancient site of Artезиан in eastern Crimea.
The burial was located under an altar table in the foundation of the north wall of the Temple of Zeus Genarch and Sotera.
The remains are dated to the 80–70s BCE, prior to the construction of the temple in 63 BCE.
This is the first such find of its kind from the ancient period, as similar sacrificial burials were previously known only from the medieval period (8th–9th centuries CE).
Researchers are still examining the site and have not ruled out the possibility of a second infant being buried there.

The remains are dated to 63 BCE, according to the Artезианская археологическая экcпедиция. — kommersant
The archaeologists speculate the child may have suffered from hydrocephalus, based on skull shape. — kommersant
The head of the Republic of Adygea, Murat Kumpilov, announced findings of a proto-Meotian burial site from the early Bronze Age on the Asiish Ridge on August 2. — vedomosti
The radiocarbon analysis of the Asiish Ridge site dates it to the 10th–9th centuries BCE, and researchers suggest a possible connection to the Caucasus and a trade route. — vedomosti
The discovery of two mammoth ivory bird figurines from around 40,000 years ago in the Hohle Fels cave in Germany was reported alongside the Crimea find. — vm
Scientists in Pskov recently found a fragment of a mythical animal figurine, with many such pendants previously discovered in Smolensk region. — vm