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Ancient Pit of Horrors May Have Been Spoils of a Victory Celebration


Severed arms and brutalized skeletal remains recovered from pits at two 6,000-year-old archaeological sites in northeastern France suggest the region's inhabitants turned torture into a public spectacle to celebrate their victories.

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