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Herders built largest cemetery in Turkana, new survey shows

Survey by National Museums of Kenya and US university shows about 580 people were buried in the graveside 5,000 years ago.

A new study has discovered that the largest cemetery in East Africa was built 5,000 year sago around Lake Turkana.

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