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Message: <blockquote data-quote="djjaya" data-source="post: 16954073" data-attributes="member: 461202">Located on the edge of the village of Dargavs, in the republic of  North Ossetia–Alania, in Russia, is an ancient cemetery or necropolis.  It is often called “city of the dead”, although the name is not unique  to Dargavs, since the word “necropolis” itself literally means "city of  the dead" in Ancient Greek. Dargavs is impressive because of the large  number of mausoleums and the absolutely stunning scenery. The cemetery  is located on the slope of a hill overlooking the verdant Fiagdon River  valley, with several cliffs and 4,000 meters peaks looming above.   The  cemetery has almost 100 ancient stone crypts where people that lived in  the valley buried their loved ones along with clothes and belongings.  The tombs are shaped like huts with curved roofs going inwards in steps  with a pointed peak at the top, typical of Nakh architecture. Some of  these crypts are 2 to 4 stories high.<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9tZfwMN0qvI/U9iWuZYPTrI/AAAAAAAA0sw/fIKf9OMcqLk/dargavs-north-ossetia-4%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The smaller crypts have flat sides on the front and back yet on the  sides they curves inwards and the smallest of the crypts have no roofs  at all. The walls are made up of stone blocks and mortared with most  likely lime or clay-lime. The walls have square slits to put in the  corpses.   The first mention about the City of the Dead dates  back to the beginning of the 14th Century. The ancestors of Ossetians  settled down on the five mountain ridges, but the land was so expensive  they were forced to choose the windiest and most unserviceable place for  their cemetery.  There are a lot of myths and legends  surrounding the place. In the past, locals tried to avoid going to the  City of the Dead as it was believed that anyone who dared to walk in  would never walk out alive. Even now there are hardly any tourists  around the place, although this is attributed to the difficulty of  travelling there rather than the curse.  According to one legend,  a plague swept through Ossetia in the 17th century. To isolate  themselves from the village, victims voluntarily quarantined themselves  within the walls of the huts and patiently awaited their fate. They  survived on meager rations of bread brought in by sympathetic locals.  When they died, their corpses were left to rot inside these huts.<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PPxO6TmxJTY/U9iWxRMe7BI/AAAAAAAA0s4/W36hiPMkRtQ/dargavs-north-ossetia-5%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qC3kFEU2ubM/U9iW0ZaDNYI/AAAAAAAA0tA/KeHarjGEYE0/dargavs-north-ossetia-1%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qtUFta8myeE/U9iW3yNrK3I/AAAAAAAA0tI/9ntJ0_ZK21Q/dargavs-north-ossetia-2%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6oy9bekZquU/U9iW6LZdW_I/AAAAAAAA0tQ/pVdMm9jvKWg/dargavs-north-ossetia-6%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ciyLn4m-NFM/U9iW-P6gy3I/AAAAAAAA0tY/_ayTDv2Pn5M/dargavs-north-ossetia-7%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Jx-ANmABd0U/U9iXEu_2q-I/AAAAAAAA0tg/fCatoYll3oY/dargavs-north-ossetia-8%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5pofmcKFkvc/U9iXNQec5vI/AAAAAAAA0to/gJJjn6K0wCM/dargavs-north-ossetia-9%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SMO6zv-8qAo/U9iXbeG7OfI/AAAAAAAA0tw/Aq8izhvbdyQ/dargavs-north-ossetia-10%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xS_W4FAEL0U/U9iXelXEmxI/AAAAAAAA0t4/DgEKWVVoHhw/dargavs-north-ossetia-11%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aTX2yBeO53k/U9iXhjYP3kI/AAAAAAAA0uA/j-0FyKwlYaM/dargavs-north-ossetia-12%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-75lTkYpjqpM/U9iXkrhRXYI/AAAAAAAA0uI/sisLhBxQRuA/dargavs-north-ossetia-13%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Dj5k5u3alSk/U9iXnAMfUkI/AAAAAAAA0uQ/bjg6-zbZfpY/dargavs-north-ossetia-14%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qqFdG8ltTLE/U9iXp8gMDQI/AAAAAAAA0uY/q5sGOVTPQP8/dargavs-north-ossetia-15%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RcKbMqdUmIA/U9iXsk3hWcI/AAAAAAAA0ug/sZuW9cfKD5A/dargavs-north-ossetia-3%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KMILrQUlVPE/U9iXwHcfC9I/AAAAAAAA0uo/HEWYEbPPWaE/dargavs-north-ossetia-16%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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