mass grave

Archaeologists discovered a mass grave near Athens, and some historians believe it may house the remains of insurgents involved in an attempted 7th century B.C. coup.

Kurdish fighters have uncovered two mass graves outside Sinjar, northern Iraq, that was ruled by the Islamic State for more than a year before the extremists were driven out last week.

A mass grave uncovered by scientists yielded the remains of 26 Neolithic individuals who appear to have been tortured and killed.