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flag Archaeologists in Australia found a 14th–15th century burial site with face-down bodies and stones on skulls, likely to prevent undead from rising.

flag Archaeologists in Australia have uncovered a medieval-era burial site with unusual practices, including bodies positioned face-down and with stones placed over skulls—rituals believed to prevent the dead from rising. flag The findings, from a site in New South Wales, suggest local communities may have feared revenants, or undead beings, during periods of plague or social unrest. flag The discovery, dating to the 14th to 15th centuries, offers rare insight into how past populations coped with death and disease through ritualistic burial customs.

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