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A Polish King’s 500-Year-Old Tomb Was Opened—Then 15 People Died
When researchers opened the tomb of Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon in 1973, they entered a burial chamber that had remained sealed for almost 500 years. Inside were the king’s remains, fragments of a decayed wooden coffin and a biological environment that had developed undisturbed for centuries. Over the following decade, 15 people associated with…