Archaeologist Sylvia Fern examined the strange “VV” markings that Mike had seen. Her face went pale.
“I actually swore out loud when I saw them,” she admitted.
These were “witch marks.” In ancient folklore, these symbols were carved to trap evil spirits or protect the living from what was buried inside. Usually, you might find one or two in an old house. Here, the walls were covered in them.
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“Think of them as worry lines etched into stone,” Fern explained.
This wasn’t a normal burial of a wealthy chieftain. The chariot had been tipped into the hole in a panic. The sheer number of protection symbols suggested that the people who buried this were terrified. They weren’t honoring the dead; they were sealing something away.
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