What used to happen to all the corpses after large battles? Was there any sort of etiquette about burial or did people just leave them in situ?

by tomferrari

For clarity I'm talking about large scale pitched battles where there could be thousands upon thousands of corpses at the end. After the victor was decided did the winning side (or losing side for that matter) ever bother to bury or collect the fallen?

Georgy_K_Zhukov

This older answer might e of interest.

SepehrNS

Greetings. Not to discourage further responses, but do check out these older answers :

Egyptians believed that mummification was necessary for eternal love life, but how did their army handle mummification for their troops after a battle? by u/Bentresh

How did Spartans treat the dead of their enemies? by u/Iphikrates

Hope this helps.