Archaeologists in Poland uncovered the remains of more than 100 children, some with coins in their mouths, in a mass grave.
Researchers found 115 bodies after construction workers discovered human bones during work on a roadway in Jeżowe, near the town of Nisko in the Podkarpackie province, according to a report.
“It's certainly a sign of their beliefs. The coins are called obols of the dead or Charon’s obol. It is an old, pre-Christian tradition," Katarzyna Oleszek, an archaeologist working at the site, told First News. "But it's been cultivated for a long time, even as late as the 19th century, it was practiced by Pope Pius IX.”
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