Excavations of the Shanidar Cave in the Zagros Mountains of Kurdistan, Iraq revealed 9 skeletons of which 1 showed evidence of having been ritually buried with flowers [100, 105].
Clumps of pollen grains were found suggesting whole heads of flowers had been placed in the grave
The following species, all with some medicinal significance, were found:
Achillea-type
Althaea-type
Centaurea solstitialis
Ephedra altissima
Muscari-type
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith