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>> "hundreds of unexplained deaths spanning more than 1,000 years, according to a new study." Id imagine theres quite a few places on earth that would tick tha
by ian0 7y ago
>> "hundreds of unexplained deaths spanning more than 1,000 years, according to a new study."
Id imagine theres quite a few places on earth that would tick that box :) Semi-relatedly, theres a 4000 year old dolmen close to my house and lying beside it is a ~200 year old broken grave stone. Its' suspected that there was a mistake during carving of the gravestone and hypothesised the stonemason left it near the Dolmon as they attached some spiritual significance to the place, albeit without religious (catholic) significance.
Sometimes places just become the "something" place, even over long periods of time. This could be the "dump the bodies" place.
- hprotagonist 7y agoIt’s not exactly a convenient location to haul bodies to. For example, the lead author in one of the papers reporting this was unable to visit the site personally; she was kept at base camp with altitude sickness for the duration of the site visit. Reporting notes that normally when you find a lot of bodies you’ve found a graveyard, but this site seems different enough from normal to warrant a second look.
- saiya-jin 7y agoConvenience might not be the most significant drive - it could have been for example a sacred place (like Muktinath in Nepal located on Annapurna circuit, 3800m high) or any other reason not clear after hundreds of years. Look at India - people go to great lengths to cremate their beloved ones in Varanasi ghats, often travelling > 1000km with corpse (seen it on train from Delhi myself)
- simonh 7y agoIt seems unlikely that a group of Ottomans, and what might be their local guide, would end up being interred at such a place though. Why would they want to be interred at a Tibetan ritual site? Or why would anyone there want to inter them that way, but not anyone else in the last few hundred years? The pattern looks all wrong.
- woah 7y agoHow is the corpse transported? Open air, Sunday best? Or are they hauling around a coffin?
- coldtea 7y agoWeekend at Bernie's style
- coldtea 7y ago>Semi-relatedly, theres a 4000 year old dolmen close to my house and lying beside it is a ~200 year old broken grave stone If your cat ever dies, it might worth the experiment to bury it there...