In 2024, construction workers in Austria had an unlikely encounter with a mass grave. Expert analysis dated the grave back to the Roman era, finding around 150 young men who likely perished in combat. The team now has more details on how exactly these soldiers were hurt. And let me just say: ouch.
Most of the sharp force was observed on the skull—fairly standard. But 40% of the 128 individuals studied displayed “trauma seen on and around the pelvis,” according to a presentation overview of the findings, announced at a recent meeting of the 25th European Paleopathology Association. The discovery itself was huge, as the site represented a large…
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