Mystery of ‘skeleton lake’ where hundreds of people have died spread over past 1,000 years
A DECADES-OLD mystery over an eerie Himalayan lake littered with human remains deepens – as scientists say hundreds of people died there spread over 1,000 years.
Adding to the mystery is DNA evidence that suggests some of the people who died in the Indian region were from the Mediterranean. Now a large-scale study of 72 skeletons at the site suggest that the people were killed "in at least two episodes" – separated by 1,000 years. "We were extremely surprised by the genetics of the Roopkund skeletons," said Éadaoin Harney of Harvard University.
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