A prehistoric human skeleton buried alongside a number of wild animal remains may represent the burial of a "shaman" who died around 12,000 years ago, a study has proposed. The burial was ...

Shamans wear costumes and masks and employ ritual artefacts specific for treatments or healing. Music, dance, chanting and sometimes animal sacrifices are part of these rituals. Shamans are believed ...

Archaeologists Unearth 12,000-Yr-Old Burial of a Woman, Believed to Have Been Shaman With a Spiritual Connection to Wild Animals A 12,000-year-old burial site discovered along the Tigris River in ...

Of particular interest is the example of an Evenki shaman's dwelling and ritual space including, galleries of wood carvings depicting spiritual animals, birds and fish. A shaman's tent is a conical ...