In Turkey, found a Roman tomb, strewn with "enchanted" nails against zombies (5 photos)

Archaeologists have discovered a closed Roman tomb, about 2000 years in Turkey. Around the burial there is a very strange find - many bent and twisted nails.





An unusual grave was unearthed in Sagalas in southwestern Turkey, it dates back to 100-150 AD. Remains in the tomb adult male.



He was cremated and buried in the same place - according to According to the researchers, this is a very atypical practice during the time of the Roman empire. The gravediggers laid 24 bricks on top of the still smoldering fire, and plastered the bricks with lime.





Researchers believe that the people who built the tomb, 41 nails were specially scattered on the ground. "The burial was closed in one, not two, but three different ways that can be understood as an attempt to protect the living from the dead - or vice versa, ”the author believes research by Johan Klais.



Cremation on site, tiling or plastering and bent nails were already found in the cemeteries of the Roman era, but the combination all three methods had not previously been observed. According to archaeologists, this case, ancient people were afraid that the dead would rise from the grave.



Near the burial were also found traditional funerary items: coins, ceramic and glass vessels, fragments of a wicker basket, leftover food. This means that the man loved, researchers say. Most likely, he was buried by family members - just in a non-traditional way. It could be a form of magic ritual in response to the "unusual" death of a person.