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Skeletal Lake: the Mystery of the Hundreds of Bodies Buried in the Himalayas

[This article was originally published on 16/11/2023] Nicknamed "Skeleton Lake", this archaeological place was discovered in 1942 by the forest guard Hari Kishan Madhwal. It is an inhospitable place, a glacial lake on the snow-covered peaks of Himalayas, in Nanda Devi National Park in India, at 5,000 metres above sea level. But it is also a shrine of deities and a place that is the source of religious legends and festivities. After the discovery…
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[This article was originally published on 16/11/2023] Nicknamed "Skeleton Lake", this archaeological place was discovered in 1942 by the forest guard Hari Kishan Madhwal. It is an inhospitable place, a glacial lake on the snow-covered peaks of Himalayas, in Nanda Devi National Park in India, at 5,000 metres above sea level. But it is also a shrine of deities and a place that is the source of religious legends and festivities. After the discovery…

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