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A frozen lake collected human skeletons for 1,000 years. 🦴
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Creepy DiscoveriesAug 27, 2026

A frozen lake collected human skeletons for 1,000 years. 🦴

A frozen lake collected human skeletons for 1,000 years. 🦴 . . . Roopkund Lake sits 5,029 meters high in the Indian Himalayas, surrounded by hundreds of bones. In 2019, DNA from 38 people revealed three distinct groups—South Asians, eastern Mediterranean individuals, and a Southeast Asian individual—who died roughly 1,000 years apart. The lake was not one disaster scene—it became one repeatedly.

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11357-9
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