Mass Grave of Soldiers & Babies Found In Italy

10,000 mass graves have been discovered each containing 15-25 bodies of babies and soldiers who fought against the Carthaginians was found in the ancient Greek Himera in Italy. The burial was uncovered during a recent railway extension. The men of the grave died a violent death, and many still had arrow tips in them. The head historian believes that the remains were from a bloody battle fought there in 480BC described by Herodotus of Halicarnassus. The Greek colony itself served as a trade point for the Phoenician trade routes.

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