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Man buried with stones on his chest for a very creepy reason

Allan Rose Hill
Sep 23, 2024
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Man buried with stones on his chest for a very creepy reason

image: Jörg Orschiedt/State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt
image: Jörg Orschiedt/State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt

Archaeologists in Quedlinburg, Germany were excavating the site of a 17th-century gallows when they unearthed more than a dozen graves. One of them was particularly unusual. The deceased was apparently burie…

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