They're making a statement by not putting any of these male identity markers in the grave," Bettina Arnold, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, told. Vesinova concluded that the grave represents "one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a 'transsexual' or 'third gender grave' in the Czech Republic." Men of the period were buried with weapons - stone battle axes and flint knives - none of which were found in the Czech grave. "From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously, so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake," lead archaeologist Kamila Remisova Vesinova told the U.K.'s Telegraph. An oval, egg-shaped container, usually associated with female burials, was also found at the feet of the skeleton. The male skeleton was found on its side, facing east, and was surrounded by domestic jugs, objects previously seen only in female graves. The prehistoric body dates to the Copper age - or 2900 to 2500 years ago - and was buried in a manner that was typically reserved for women. Ap- Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have unearthed the grave of what may be the remains of the oldest known homosexual or transgender man.
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