cemeteries
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Brutal 6,200-Year-Old Massacre Shows Humans Have Sucked for a Really Long Time
Dozens of savagely murdered individuals found buried in a Copper Age mass grave is shedding new light onto the lives of these early farmers — and the unspeakable violence they occasionally had to endure.
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A Cemetery In A Warehouse Solves A Serious Problem In Cities: Where To Put The Dead
In Hong Kong, finding the space to bury the dead is a huge ongoing problem. New, unconventional projects are springing up to meet demand — giving us a glimpse at the future of burial in the hyper-dense cities.
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How Corpses Helped Shape The London Underground
As Mexico City archaeologists sort through the surreal array of Aztec sacrificial skulls recently uncovered while excavating their city’s subway system, it’s worth remembering that parts of the London Underground were also tunnelled, blasted, picked and drilled through a labyrinth of plague pits and cemeteries.