Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Uncleniles t1_iwb2sto wrote

So did people building the houses take the stones directly from the cemetery or was the city wall built with the gravestones?

19

ValdisPunk OP t1_iwb5is0 wrote

Often people were buried in the city walls.

8

enfiel t1_iwgzlmx wrote

Good old rarely talked about occidental tradition of human sacrifice to keep walls stable.

1