Well, folks, that’s another Spooktober in the books, but we came back for one last hurrah as Anna shares with Amber (and you!) a roundup of spooky and spooky-adjacent archaeological anecdotes from around the world. 

131 ancient Chinese ‘hanging’ coffins found on side of 100m cliff near Three Gorges Dam (South China Morning Post) 

[https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1891298/131-ancient-chinese-hanging-coffins-found-side-100m-cliff-near]

Interlocked Skeletons Found at Pre-Aztec Burial Site (National Geographic)

[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/01/burial-pit-found-mexico-city-archaeology-pre-aztec-spd/]

The “Fire Mummies” of Kabayan Burial Caves (FilipiKnow)

[https://filipiknow.net/kabayan-burial-caves-fire-mummies/]

Toothy Tumor Found in 1,600-Year-Old Roman Corpse (LiveScience) 

Content note: very gnarly images of tumor in situ may be upsetting for some audience members!

[https://www.livescience.com/26446-toothy-tumor-ancient-roman-corpse.html]

8,000-Year-Old Smashed Skulls on Spikes Found in Sweden, And Nobody Knows Why (Science Alert)

[https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-skulls-on-stakes-evidence-of-violence-deposited-in-lake-mesolithic-sweden]

Bodies of stone: Girolamo Segato (1792-1836) (Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology)

[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17580656]

Between horrid and science. Girolamo Segato's strange anatomy (1792-1836) (Journal of Morphological Sciences)

[https://www.academia.edu/7463422/Between_horrid_and_science._Girolamo_Segatos_strange_anatomy_1792-1836]

Massive, Ancient Stone Monument in Kenya Held More Than 500 Bodies, 400 Gerbil Teeth (LiveScience)

[https://www.livescience.com/63397-kenya-ancient-cemetery-monument-lothagam.html?utm_source=ls-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180822-ls]