What Happened to Dead Bodies After Big Battles Throughout History?

[dexter]

Given we know that even Neanderthals would bury their dead (even including objects with the bodies) and various human hunter-gatherer groups likewise used to bury or cremate people at specifics sites that functioned as sort of pilgrimage locations for these nomads, it should come as no surprise that since the dawn of known warfare soldiers have pondered the question of what to do with the bodies of their fallen comrades and enemies. So what did various groups actually do throughout history?

 

[Hamza913]

A lot of them just rotted away. For example, when Timur conquered Delhi, he killed so many people that the city stank of corpses for days.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

fertilizer or ants

Ants take care of animals very fast once the ant discover a source of food

few hours for a lizard (example)

Every thing is so Balanced on planet earth .....

Only humans were dumb enough to make plastic to mess it up



However war time bodies were pilled up and burned in order to prevent spread of Plague

 

[Hamza913]

fertilizer or ants

Ants take care of animals very fast once the ant discover a source of food

few hours for a lizard (example)

Every thing is so Balanced on planet earth .....

Only humans were dumb enough to make plastic to mess it up



However war time bodies were pilled up and burned in order to prevent spread of Plague

Rofl little buggers even took the bones.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Eaten by animals.