Ancient Mass Graves of Soldiers, Babies, Found in Italy More
than 10,000 graves containing ancient amphorae, "baby bottles,"
and the bodies of soldiers who fought the Carthaginians were
found near the ancient Greek colony of Himera, in Italy,
archaeologists announced recently. "It's probably the largest
Greek necropolis in Sicily," said Stefano Vassallo, the lead
archaeologist of the team that made the discoveries, in
September. The ancient burial ground was uncovered during the
construction of a railway extension. "The remains of Himera's
buildings had been known and studied for a long time, and we
knew there should be some graves. We didn't expect so many
graves", said Vassallo, who works for the Italian province of
Palermo's government. "Each [mass grave] contains from 15 to 25
skeletons. They were all young healthy men and they all died a
violent death. Some of the skeletons have broken skulls and in
some cases we found the tips of the arrows that killed them,"
Vassallo said. He thinks the human remains a