12 Facts About Mass graves

Mass graves are usually created after many people die or are killed, and there is a desire to bury the corpses quickly for sanitation concerns.

Mass graves or communal burial was a common practice before the development of a dependable crematory chamber by Ludovico Brunetti in 1873.

Mass graves grave containing at least 300 bodies of victims of a Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' in the year 1238, was discovered during an excavation in 2005, in Yaroslavl, Russia.

Several mass graves have been discovered that were the result of Napoleonic battles, mass graves were dug for expeditious disposal of deceased soldiers and horses.

Mass graves were identified in Santiago's General Cemetery with multiple bodies being forced into a single coffin.

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Mass graves were used to bury Turkish Cypriot victims of Tochni massacre too.

Three mass graves are known to exist on Argentinian police and military premises although other bodies were disposed of through cremation or by being airdropped over the Atlantic Ocean.

The victims buried in these mass graves included government officials, innocent civilians, women and children.

The third and fourth mass graves were found using a probe to test for deteriorating remains.

Reports of mass graves having been dug for COVID-19 victims have been made about Iran, using satellite pictures of sites near Qom as evidence.

In New York City, mass graves have been prepared in Hart Island for an afflux of dead; however, other reports said mass graves would be unlikely in the United States.

University of Huddersfield experts said mass graves might be considered if local services end up overwhelmed.