Article 555M2 16th-Century Child Skeletons With Coins in Their Mouths Found at Construction Site in Poland

16th-Century Child Skeletons With Coins in Their Mouths Found at Construction Site in Poland

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George Dvorsky
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Road crews in Poland stumbled upon a lost 16th-century cemetery, in which the vast majority of graves belong to children. Incredibly, some of the skeletons still have coins in their mouths, a tradition that dates back to ancient times.

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