28 mysterious remains reveal the disaster from the game of children

Recent excavations in Alaska have identified a tragic legend as true, through traces of 28 350-year-old remains and over 60,000 valuable artifacts.

The team is led by two archaeologists Rick Knarou and Charlotta Hillerdal from Aberdeen University (Scotland) who unearthed a mass grave in Agaligmiut town (Alaska - USA). Here, 28 people became victims of the massacre stemming from the seemingly harmless darting games of two children.

Excavation site - (photo provided by the research team).

The local Yup'ik legend has described the origin of the conflict: a boy who accidentally launches a dart hit your eye should be retaliated by your father by blinding both eyes.

Later, a relative of the blind two-eyed boy retaliated. The conflict escalated, dragging almost every member of the two families. The two sides take revenge with dart battles and eventually, the conflict has spread throughout Alaska and the Yukon.

28 newly excavated remains have been dated to match the legend. They were all tied up with weeds, executed by cremation. One of them after being stabbed with a sharp object from the back of the skull, could be a spear or an arrow.

The remains are mostly women and children - the last miserable victims, after their husbands and fathers were probably killed after being ambushed and defeated. Of the 28 remains, only one of the men belonging to the age of men can fight.

Another mask buried in mud and frost - (photo provided by the team).

A lovely owl carved in wood - (photo provided by the team).

According to archaeologist Knarou, the "bow and arrow battle" took place during the "little ice age" that wrecked the people of Alaska, causing food shortages. Maybe that made the war quickly escalate and spread.

About 60,000 well-preserved artifacts reveal life at Agaligmiut before the massacre. Items include dolls, figurines, wooden carnival masks and grass baskets.

Location "tragic town" on the map - (photo provided by the team).

All of the remains and antiques are especially well preserved thanks to permafrost and many items are still usable to this day.

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