Mass grave with 1,000 skeletons found in GermanyWilshire@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.world – 209 points – 4 months agocnn.com34Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all comments “Those people were not interred in a regular cemetery although we have designated plague cemeteries in Nuremberg,” said Langbein. “This means a large number of dead people who needed to be buried in a short time frame without regard to Christian burial practices,” she said. Because of this, an epidemic such as the plague is “more than likely” the explanation for the mass graves, according to Langbein. Shouldn't they wear masks and stuff?I don't think these skeletons that spent hundreds of years interred could carry a live virusNever heard of plague doctors?
“Those people were not interred in a regular cemetery although we have designated plague cemeteries in Nuremberg,” said Langbein. “This means a large number of dead people who needed to be buried in a short time frame without regard to Christian burial practices,” she said. Because of this, an epidemic such as the plague is “more than likely” the explanation for the mass graves, according to Langbein. Shouldn't they wear masks and stuff?I don't think these skeletons that spent hundreds of years interred could carry a live virusNever heard of plague doctors?
Shouldn't they wear masks and stuff?
I don't think these skeletons that spent hundreds of years interred could carry a live virus
Never heard of plague doctors?