Faces Turned Away from Heaven: A Strange Case of Deviant Burial in Antebellum Ohio
Included with museum admission. In 2010, the cultural resource management firm Gray & Pape made an unusual discovery: while excavating the former Episcopal Burying Ground (1818-1858) in Washington Park in Cincinnati, they uncovered the remains of a small child, buried face-down with a dozen, long, iron nails driven through the sides of her coffin. What […]
