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Death & Rituals

A collection of 2 issues

The Permafrost Proviso: A Town's Uneasy Truce with Death

In the Arctic town of Longyearbyen, dying is effectively forbidden. This isn't morbid bureaucracy, but a chilling necessity born from the permafrost, which preserves buried bodies—and the lethal viruses within them—indefinitely.

Geography & Places Death & Rituals Oddities & Curiosities

Bones of the Feast: Unearthing a 7,000-Year-Old Cannibal Ritual at Herxheim

In a quiet German village, a 7,000-year-old pit revealed the remains of over 500 people. Marks of butchery and cooking point not to starvation, but to a massive, systematic cannibalistic ritual, offering a chilling glimpse into the turbulent end of one of Europe's first farming cultures.

History Death & Rituals Mysteries & Unsolved Cases

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