Top 5 Most Frightening Discoveries In History

2020-10-27 14:50:52 Written by Sylvia Richard

The process of researching our past and finding buried secrets has been going on for years. Every day archaeologists discover something that makes a person think. People interested in history and archeology in particular take part in this research. In today's blog you will read about some of the discoveries that can be called a frightening discovery.

 Pits full of heads

Archaeologists working alongside the Great Wall of China published new conclusions that interpret a recently greatly unknown early stratified society, the Shimao polity. Along with thousands of jade items, experimenters found out that human sacrifice was a crucial characteristic of this society. At least six pits replenished with the decapitated heads of young women were uncovered at the site.

 

The most unlucky man

At Pompeii, the site of Mt. Vesuvius’ fatal explosion that killed the whole town in 79 CE, a man was found who was believed to have been mashed to death by an enormous falling stone. Although archaeologists later found that the man’s head and upper torso were unchanged, they initially assumed that the rock had landed on him as he chanced to flee, impeded by an infection in his leg.

 

Ancient Sites Appearing in the Back Yard

Drought and a huge heatwave across the UK disclosed the existence of hundreds–if not thousands–of previously unspecified archaeological sites, varying from neolithic hamlets to enormous henges and WWII landscape modifications. These are no crop circles: because troubled sections of the landscape hold more water than peaceful soil, the differential drying patterns have disclosed the precise locations of buried structures.

The Knife-Armed Man

While uncovering a 1200- to 1400-year-old boneyard in northern Italy, archaeologists found the remains of a man with a knife blade prosthetic arm. Examination of the man’s bones disclosed that his arm had been removed through blunt-force injury below the elbow and that he stayed for some time afterward with the knife blade prosthesis in place of a hand.

 

Vampire Corpse

Vampire corpses are found the world over, but maybe nowhere has so great an attention of undead remains as Bulgaria. With over 1000 such burials uncovered so far, this country has a high history of hunting the creatures of the night, going back to the Middle Ages. At that time, the suspected undead would have an iron or wooden risk thumped through their chests to deter them from harming Most likely, this myth arose with the opening of shrines to bury blight victims, whose bodies would bloat with gas and have blood drip from their mouths after death.

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