A fairly unsettling discovery has been unearthed out of a recent excavation in Østfold county, Norway - a 2,500-year-old graveyard containing 39 individual burials, exclusively of children under the age of six! An analysis of bone fragments that avoided cremation revealed this rather gruesome fact, along with 2 additional graves containing adult bodies, found apart from the main group. All in all, these were arranged as a cluster of 41 symmetrical stone circles. The stones in the graves were laid closely together, resembling cobblestones in a street. Several graves featured a large stone at the center, and beneath these stones, archaeologists discovered remains of pottery and burned bones, according to a statement by The Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. 7 Amazing Glimpses into the Ancient Lives of Children 76 Pre-Inca Child Sacrifices Found at Peru’s Pampa La Cruz site Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyHistoryAncient TraditionsRead Later