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1 week ago

Loose ends in the disappearance of the Sinaloa miners: Another case of horror in Mexico

A supposed criminal mix-up linked to Los Chapitos led to the abduction of at least ten Sinaloa miners, with five bodies found in a mass grave.
History
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
2 weeks ago

Trepanned skull of giant found in Viking-era mass grave

A 9th-century mass grave near Cambridge contains up to ten young men, including an exceptionally tall trepanned individual likely surviving surgery, linked to Viking-era conflict.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Mass grave in Jordan sheds new light on world's earliest recorded pandemic

A US-led research team has verified the first Mediterranean mass grave of the world's earliest recorded pandemic, providing stark new details about the plague of Justinian that killed millions of people in the Byzantine empire between the sixth and eighth centuries. The findings, published in February's Journal of Archaeological Science, offer what researchers say is a rare empirical window into the mobility, urban life and vulnerability of citizens affected by the pestilence.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Mass grave reveals scale of unlawful killings by Egyptian army in Sinai, say campaigners

A mass grave near al-Arish contains surface and shallow-buried bodies, indicating enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings during Sinai conflict, reportedly linked to Egyptian forces.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 months ago

Iraq starts mass grave excavation from ISIL (ISIS) carnage south of Mosul

The al-Khasfa site, believed to be a mass grave left by ISIL, may contain at least 4,000 remains and potentially thousands more.
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8 months ago

New Sri Lanka mass grave discovery reopens old wounds for Tamils

19 bodies discovered in a mass grave in Chemmani, reopening wounds of the Tamil community affected by civil war violence.
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