The oldest known evidence of warfare will be found at Cemetery 117, an ancient burial site near Wadi Halfa, near the northern border of Sudan.
The remains of fifty-nine bodies, as well as numerous other fragmented remains will be discovered here in 1964 by a team led by Fred Wendorf.
Determined to be around 14,340 to 13,140 years old, the remains represent twenty-four females and nineteen males over nineteen years of age, as well as thirteen children ranging in age from infancy to fifteen years old.
Three additional bodies will also be discovered, but their age and sex cannot be determined due to damage and missing pieces.
The site comprises three cemeteries, two of which are called Jebel Sahaba, one on either side of the Nile river and the third cemetery being called Tushka.
About forty percent of the people buried in Jebel Sahaba had died of violent wounds.
Pointed stone projectiles are found in their bodies at places that suggest the bodies had been attacked by spears or arrows.
The wounds are located around the sternum, abdomen, back, and skull (through the lower jaw or neck).
