Mortsafes: Protecting Graves from 18th Century Body Snatchers

The practice of grave robbery is as old as the practice of interring the dead. However, for most of history, grave robbery was done simply to retrieve personal objects from the deceased, mostly jewels and clothing that had value and could be used or sold.

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