10 mysterious mass graves

Recently, many mass graves have been discovered and provide useful information for historical researchers, anthropologists, archaeologists .

Discover mysterious mass graves in the world

1. Olympic collective grave

A mass grave in England was discovered in 2009 when constructing a route for the 2012 London Olympics. Through specimen testing, these remains were not British or ancient Saxon. They were Scandinavian Vikings killed and buried during 910 - 1030.

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Mass graves are in England Weymouth.

These Vikings had cuts in the upper jaw and ribs, their heads were cut and filled up before being buried. This shows that they were executed and prisoners of war.

Of the 51 headless bodies discovered here, most were men, 10 of them died immature or under the age of 20. In addition, they were buried naked because there were no signs of clothing, jewelry or weapons.

2. The collective of children

The Roman Empire used to kill babies and a mass grave was found buried in 1912 in Buckinghamshire, England . Among them, 97 baby bodies were discovered.

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Tradition of killing Roman children and the Buckinghamshire children's grave.

However, in 2008 the new tomb was studied and identified on the children by the girls selling flowers in the brothel burial from about 150-200.

Archaeologist Dr. Jill Eyers added that the male child will be killed and buried, while the girl will be kept for continuing sex work. However, in fact, the gender of the baby is balanced in the mass grave in Buckinghamshire.

3. The Paris grave

In early 2015, French archaeologists excavated the basement of a Monoprix store in Paris, France . Here they found 8 graves, each containing 20 remains, even graves buried to 150 remains.

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The remains of the Monoprix shopping area.

The Monoprix store is built on the basis of an old hospital called Hopital de la Trinite , dating from the 12th century to the 17th. The remains are believed to be buried at the same time and may be victims of an epidemic. , possibly plague, once raged in Paris from the 14th-16th century.

4. Cambridge collective grave

This collective tomb is located on the background of St. John's University of Cambridge , discovered in 2011 and contains at least 1,300 corpses.

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Archaeologists unearth the corpse at Cambridge.

This collective grave is thought to have appeared from the 13th-15th century, belonging to an ancient hospital's burial ground for monks, homeless, pregnant women and others. leprosy patient. Most of the bodies here are those of the deceased.

5. Uffizi exhibition hall

In 2014, a 1,500-year-old mass grave with more than 60 corpses was excavated underneath the famous Uffizi exhibition in Florence Italy. Tombs appeared in the 5th century because coins from the 4th to 5th centuries were found alongside the corpses.

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The remains of the Uffizi exhibition hall.

On the corpse there is no trace of injury, burns or signs of malnutrition. Therefore archaeologists believe that they are not victims of war, hunger or violence. It is possible that they are victims of the plague known as Black Death.

6. Collective grave at Towton

Towton's bloody battle between the two families of Lancaster and York in 1461 in England caused the deaths of 28,000 people.

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Townton's dead soldiers.

In 1996 a mass grave was discovered at Towton Hall, only a few miles from the horrific battle site. 40 remains were found, of which 28 were still quite healthy. The soldiers killed in battle were stripped of clothes before being buried collectively.

7. Collective tombs Visby

The Danish King Valdemar IV once invaded the island of Gotlan (now a Swedish province) in 1361, however, he was once linked by the farmers here despite eventually being brutally killed and Gotlan completely lost.

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The peasants in the uprising against the Danish king for a long time.

In 1905, an epic tomb with 300 corpses was discovered outside the wall of Visby, Sweden. In 1909 - 1928, 1,185 remains were discovered from two mass graves in Visby, not far from the grave. These bodies were buried with armor on them.

8. Mayan mass grave

A mass grave is found in an ancient man-made cave of the Mayan ruins, Mexico. The tomb used to be a reservoir of water and was used for burial in the 7th century.

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Uxul human remains at Maya sanctuary.

24 corpses were found and skulls scattered in the grave. The 15 remains analyzed showed that there were 2 women. All are between the ages of 18 and 42.

These people are thought to be Maya prisoners or enemies, most likely they are members of the Uxu royal family . Studies also show that these people were beheaded and cut into pieces before being buried.

9. A collective of women in China

80 skulls were not discovered by Chinese archaeologists at the site of Shimia, the largest ancient city ​​ever discovered in this country of billion people.

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Head of young women in Shimia ancient citadel.

These skulls are believed to be of young women beheaded as sacrifices in the construction of the city wall of Shimia citadel. Signs on the bone indicate that they suffered from violence before they died.

10. The collective of soldiers is forgotten

In 2008, several mass graves outside Yorkshire wall of England contained 113 remains.

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The corpse of the martyrs in the British Civil War.

These remains are believed to be of soldiers who fought for MPs during the 17th century British civil war, then died of illness, mostly because of typhoid. 87 of these remains of men, aged 35 - 49.