Eldorado Posted June 19, 2021 #1 Share Posted June 19, 2021 People living across Europe around 1,400 years ago had a habit of reopening graves and taking out objects for reasons that archaeologists are trying to understand, according to a new study. "The practice of reopening and manipulating graves soon after burial, traditionally described — and dismissed — as 'robbing,' is documented at cemeteries from Transylvania to southern England," a team of researchers wrote in a paper published June 18 in the journal Antiquity. In their study, the researchers reanalyzed previously excavated cemeteries from five regions of Europe. They found that between roughly the sixth and eight centuries A.D., people frequently opened graves and took out objects for reasons that don't seem linked to grave robbery. Full article at Live Science: Link 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted June 19, 2021 #2 Share Posted June 19, 2021 We'll never know for sure, will we? I would guess that there are various reasons for reopening graves but to remove items to re-use them seems the most likely reason to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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