Mediaeval Yorkshirefolk mutilated, burned t'dead to prevent reanimation

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Likely not cannibalism issue, as knifemarks not near the meat. Er, OK

Archaeologists investigating human bones excavated from the deserted mediaeval village of Wharram Percy in North Yorkshire have suggested that the villagers burned and mutilated corpses to prevent the dead from rising from their graves to terrorise the living.…

April 03, 2017 at 04:27PM

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from Alexander J Martin

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