The ancient town where they sliced their dead in half and buried them from the pelvis up

• Bulgarian town thought to date back as far as 4700BC


• Residents made their living mining for salt, an important resource that made them wealthy


• Evidence also suggests the town had already developed a class system

Residents of what is thought to be Europe’s oldest town cut their dead in half and buried them from the pelvis up, according to archaeologists.

The newly discovered ancient settlement, thought to date back to 4700BC, is near the Bulgarian town of Provadia, about 25 miles from the country’s Black Sea coast.

Archaeology professor Vassil Nikolov led the dig which focused on the town itself and its necropolis, where the strange and complex burial rituals were discovered.

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The ancient town where they sliced their dead in half and buried them from the pelvis up