Iron Age mass grave may hold unusual victims: mostly women and children
The victims may have been targeted for massacre in a culture clash 3,000 years ago
Archaeologists found the ancient Gomolava burial pit in northern Serbia more than 50 years ago, and a new genetic study shows it held mostly women and children.
Museum of Vojvodina, reproduced in Fibiger et al./Nature Human Behaviour 2026
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