Preventing the Return of the Dead

Digs & Discoveries September/October 2023

(The Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project, KU Leuven)
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Burial, Sagalassos, Turkey(The Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project, KU Leuven)

Bronze coin(The Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project, KU Leuven)

An archaeological team excavating a necropolis at the site of Sagalassos in southwest Turkey uncovered an unusual and very eerie tomb. The burial held the cremated remains of an adult male who lived between A.D. 100 and 150 and whose interment was given special treatment. Normally, after an individual was cremated, the remaining bones,

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