grave plunderers
Coffins, torpedoes, grave safes and other strange things, with which in the XIX century, struggled with the abduction of corpses
The beginning of the 1800s in Britain and America was marked by a rapid surge of scientific and medical discoveries. The study of anatomy and surgery has become extremely popular. This led to the terrible practice of trafficking in corpses. Grieving families could no longer bury their departed relatives and be sure that their bodies would rest in peace. Around the cemeteries, late in the evening, people roamed in search of “fresh” graves. Their goal was to remove the corpse from the grave and sell it to the doctors. As a result, people began to invent a variety of ways to protect the graves from vandals.
1. Mortseif – tomb safe in the British Continue reading
mostly utilitarian
new discovery
assumed that people
able to handle
transmitting information
metal tools
studied stalactites
scientist makes
protects babies
during the Iron
coasts of ancient
rights to men
volcanic rock
ancient relatives
even punished the slaves
ancient text
animals needed
ornament of raincoats
largest fossil
nitrogen compressed
with such a mass
publication of this text
freshwater lake
made of wool
objects to skeptics
archaeological treasures
people whose names
different frames
large relief house
animals wore
decorative notches
help a woman avoid
along pre-cut lines
buried with him
wooden buildings
entire skeleton
life of the people
errors that had
probably record
priest named
those adopted
legends associated
product looks
honor of his benefactor
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