Top 10 Strange Things done with the Medieval Dead
In 2014, the story of a 13-year-old girl who was buried face down in a medieval grave in Italy led us to look into what unusual things happen to the dead in the Middle Ages. From piles of bones to embalmed hearts, with stories about mass graves and sleeping for hundreds of years, here is our top 10 list of strange things done with the medieval dead.
Dargavs - City of the Dead: Just outside the village of Dargavs in North Ossetia lies a complex of 99 different tombs and crypts. Historians believe that it dates back to the 12th or 14th century, and for hundreds of years it has served as the burial ground for the villagers. Local myths and legends include stories of how entire families, infected by the plague, would go into a crypt and await death.