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Dargavs is the famous City of the Dead in North Ossetia. Each crypt is a family burial vault. When someone in the family died, they opened a special window-door, brought in the deceased, laid him on wooden shelves, and closed the crypt until the next time. Research has shown that some crypts were used for 200-250 years! Why did people start burying their relatives not in the ground, but in small houses? Why did they light gunpowder on the chest of the deceased? And why did the living sometimes go to the city of the dead? Aslan Tsutsiev, historian, director of the National Museum of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania, tells about all the mysteries of Dargavs. Author of the idea and host - Gennady Zhigarev Author of the script, director - Evgeny Bezborodov Camera operators - Damir Yakubov, Dmitry Antonov Editing - Daria Garbuznyak Ancestors of our ancestors Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/2558255827... Ancestors of our ancestors Odnoklassniki https://ok.ru/group/61722689208563 Ancestors of our ancestors Yandex Zen https://zen.yandex.ru/id/5fda280a6b417204c...