Roman-era mass grave with 60 bodies found in farmer’s field

Sixty bodies were found on Sunday in a mass grave dating back to Roman times in a field in the Central Anatolian province of Kütahya by a farmer plowing the field with a mule.

The remnants, which were discovered near the village of Yağış in the Emet district of Kütahya, are thought to belong to people aged between 10 and 60 and to date back to Roman times.

Officials who came to the area to oversee the investigation told reporters that the site was located in difficult terrain and that the exhumation team had been forced to remove the bodies by hand due to the location.

A mass grave dating back to Roman times was discovered in a field in the Central Anatolian province of Kütahya. (Photo: Cihan)

Speaking to the press following his discovery, the farmer said he immediately called the gendarmerie and let them know that he had found a mass grave.

“I was plowing the field and I heard strange noises. When I dug I noticed that there were some kinds of skulls. I initially thought they might belong to animals but when I looked at them closely, I knew they were actually human skulls and bodies,” the farmer said.

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