A mass grave with thousands of twisted skeletons in small niches has been discovered in Japan

During construction work in the Japanese city of Osaka, the remains of 1,500 people were discovered. The twisted skeletons were in round holes, several bodies in one. Scientists have determined that the mass grave belongs to the Edo period, which lasted for Japan from 1600 to 1800. Experts continue to analyze the remains to determine what kind of misfortune happened simultaneously with such a large number of people.An ancient burial site, in which there are more than 1,500 human skeletons squeezed into round small holes, was discovered in Japan.

Excavations have been carried out at the site where the graves were found since 1991.

Specialists sort and analyze the found remains. In addition to people, animals were buried here. The bones of four piglets were found in the northern part of the cemetery, and two horses were found in the southern part. A feline was found next to one human skeleton.

Commoners were buried here, as evidenced by the small number of objects that were put in the graves.

In each round niche there are several bent bodies . A mass grave indicates that people died at approximately the same time, possibly due to a natural disaster or epidemic.

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