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Standing among the layers of white bones, the expert was also stunned. It turns out that these people were the victims of the ancient burial system.
Due to the sudden death of the Qin monarch, these people were all killed and buried for the monarch.
Due to the sudden death of the Qin monarch, these people were all killed and buried for the monarch.
Looking at these open-mouthed, incomplete bones, you can infer the sheer cruelty of the scene at that time.
2. Qing Dynasty female corpse tomb
When the archaeologists opened the tomb, they were also shocked, because the female corpse's expression and death posture were too terrifying and weird.
She was as black as charcoal, her facial expression was very hideous, her mouth was wide open,
She was as black as charcoal, her facial expression was very hideous, her mouth was wide open,
like a very painful howl, and her limbs were bent.
Even more terrifying is that there are deep scratches everywhere on the coffin around the female corpse.
Even more terrifying is that there are deep scratches everywhere on the coffin around the female corpse.
After anatomy and analysis by archaeologists, the secret behind this horrible female body was solved.
It turned out that this woman suffered a dystocia during labor and fainted on the way.
Her family mistakenly thought she was dead and buried her.
It turned out that this woman suffered a dystocia during labor and fainted on the way.
Her family mistakenly thought she was dead and buried her.
After waking up, the woman found that she was already in the dark tomb.
She was terrified and shouted desperately.
She grabbed her hands and ran out of oxygen and died of suffocation.
She was terrified and shouted desperately.
She grabbed her hands and ran out of oxygen and died of suffocation.
3. Pits Full of Heads
Archaeologists working along the Great Wall of China published new findings that describe a previously largely unknown early stratified society, the Shimao polity.
4. Polish 'vampire' burials:
The real story behind Eastern European vampires is quite possibly creepier than the fictionalized tales of Dracula.
Between the 1600s and 1700s in Poland, some people were buried with sickles over their necks or rocks wedged under their chins.
Between the 1600s and 1700s in Poland, some people were buried with sickles over their necks or rocks wedged under their chins.
These precautions were taken to prevent the dead from rising again as vampires who, locals believed, would return to suck the blood of friends and family.
In 2014, researchers found that the Vampire burial at Drawkso cemetery in Poland were the bodies of locals who had not died of trauma.
The researchers told Live Science, they were likely victims of a cholera epidemic that would have felled them rapidly.
The researchers told Live Science, they were likely victims of a cholera epidemic that would have felled them rapidly.
5. Quicksand Tombs
Chinese archaeologists have discovered an ancient tomb. There were 80 bodies of grave robbers inside.
This is a quicksand tomb, which was used by the ancients to defend against tomb robbers.
This mechanism takes advantage of the instability of sand.
Craftsmen store a large amount of quicksand on the top of the tomb chamber.
This mechanism takes advantage of the instability of sand.
Craftsmen store a large amount of quicksand on the top of the tomb chamber.
Once a grave robber enters the tomb through the hole, the quicksand mixed with sharp stones will quickly block the hole, and then kill the tomb robber or trapped in the tomb.
6. The Screaming Mummies
In 1886, Gaston Maspero, the head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, was doing like he do -- just taking mummies out of their sarcophagi, unwrapping them, dictating all kinds of boring notes when he came across an unusually plain burial box.
Unlike the kings and queens he'd been working with for most of his career, this particular box didn't give any information as to the identity of the stiff inside.
Even stranger, the body was wrapped in sheepskin, which was considered unclean by ancient Egyptians.
Even stranger, the body was wrapped in sheepskin, which was considered unclean by ancient Egyptians.
When he finally uncovered it, Gaston also found that the corpse's hands and feet had been bound for some unspeakable reason.
7. Potholes full of right hands
Archaeologists found a pothole in the ruins of the ancient city of Avaris with many strange bones.
In particular, there are only hand bones the size of a male palm, and all of them are right hands.
In particular, there are only hand bones the size of a male palm, and all of them are right hands.
It is speculated that these palms were left over from the ancient Egyptian era, because the custom of war at that time was that the winner would cut off the right hand of his defeated general.
8. The beautiful girl from 4000 years ago.
Chinese archaeologists unearthed a female corpse at the Xiaohe site in Lop Nur, Xinjiang in 2003.
Although it has gone through four thousand years, the mummy is well preserved, and the facial smile is clearly visible.
Although it has gone through four thousand years, the mummy is well preserved, and the facial smile is clearly visible.
9. Husband and wife are buried together in the tomb.
The couple lay in the coffin intact, wrapped in layers of clothing. In the coffin is also engraved this sentence:
"I love you, I will still marry you in my next life"
The couple lay in the coffin intact, wrapped in layers of clothing. In the coffin is also engraved this sentence:
"I love you, I will still marry you in my next life"
10. Bathhouse Baby Disposal
How and why were the bones of 100 infants discarded like trash in a late Roman, early Byzantine sewer beneath a bathhouse in Israel?
Found in 1988 in Askelon, the remains indicate that the babies died before three days of age,
Found in 1988 in Askelon, the remains indicate that the babies died before three days of age,
and show no signs of disease or skeletal malformation.
While scholars hypothesized that the babies were girls, since female infanticide was common during that time, tests have since shown that many were male.
The reasoning behind their death is still a mystery.
While scholars hypothesized that the babies were girls, since female infanticide was common during that time, tests have since shown that many were male.
The reasoning behind their death is still a mystery.
