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Seventeen bodies were found inside one medieval well. πŸ’€
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Creepy DiscoveriesSep 20, 2026

Seventeen bodies were found inside one medieval well. πŸ’€

Seventeen bodies were found inside one medieval well. πŸ’€ . . . Workers uncovered the remains in Norwich in 2004. A 2022 genetic study analyzed 6 of the individuals and found they were likely Ashkenazi Jews, including closely related people. The abandoned well was not a cemeteryβ€”it appears to have concealed one family's violent end.

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https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01355-0
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