Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL the largest cemetery in the world is Wadi-us-Salaam in Iraq. It has 6 million bodies, covers 6.01 km2/2.32 sq mi of land and has been in use for at least 1400 years.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkTIL the largest cemetery in the world is Wadi-us-Salaam in Iraq. It has 6 million bodies, covers 6.01 km2/2.32 sq mi of land and has been in use for at least 1400 years.en.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·2 months agoFor anyone confused by the image, those are mostly crypts you’re seeing. … to be buried at the cemetery, one has to be interred inside one of the shared crypts in the cemetery. Here’s a picture with a bit more detail:
For anyone confused by the image, those are mostly crypts you’re seeing.
Here’s a picture with a bit more detail: