A French Supermarket Just Found a Medieval Mass Grave Under Their Store

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A French Supermarket Just Found a Medieval Mass Grave Under Their Store

If it is a viral marketing campaign for the new 'Poltergeist' movie, bravo.

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A Monoprix supermarket in Paris was undergoing some basement remodeling when they decided to give archeologists a shot at seeing what was buried under the building. The supermarket was apparently built on a site that was once home to a hospital that was torn down in the 18th century. A team of archeologists jumped at the opportunity, but ended up unearthing a series of mass graves holding the remains of around 200 bodies laid end-to-end, France 24 reports. No one is quite sure why the bodies are there or what led to the deaths, but if this is all some viral marketing campaign for the newPoltergeist movie, bravo.

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