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  • A Dart in a Boy's Eye May Have Unleashed This Legendary Massacre 350 Years Ago

    02/04/2020 9:34:56 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 37 replies
    Live Science ^ | April 22, 2019 | Owen Jarus
    Archaeologists have uncovered a 350-year-old massacre in Alaska that occurred during a war that may have started over a dart game. The discovery reveals the gruesome ways the people in a town were executed and confirms part of a legend that has been passed down over the centuries by the Yup'ik people. A recent excavation in the town of Agaligmiut (which today is often called Nunalleq) has uncovered the remains of 28 people who died during the massacre and 60,000 well-preserved artifacts... Some of the 28 people found "had been tied up with grass rope and executed," said Knecht, adding...