The secret of the burial in York: a 700-year-old skeletons of a pregnant woman, fetus and three men




 

In the process of archaeological excavations, which took place in Britain in the Church of All Saints in the city of York, were found the skeletons of three men and a pregnant woman. According to preliminary estimates of experts, the remains account for about seven hundred years. At the time of the work in the Lady chapel, which is located in said Church, researchers found a tomb with the remains of three men and a pregnant woman.





As it became known, the skeleton of a woman, with the remains of the fetus, found in the Northern part of the chapel. The remains were found men were buried in one grave. The amazing thing is that their bones are piled. As shown by examination, the burial falls on the 13th century, but who exactly was buried, until the install failed.
According to archaeologists, burial is a communal grave in which the bodies of three men were just dumped, and a pregnant woman were buried in a separate grave.



The prevailing circumstances have forced archaeologists to divide opinions into two sides: some scholars believe that these people are so buried because of the high social status, because the tombs are in the vicinity of the Saint at the Cathedral of the place, specifically near the altar. The other part of scientists believes that such a burial is a sign of the end of the family line.

Despite all hypotheses, the exact cause of death and burial of people will probably remain a mystery.
Archaeologists, in turn, noted that after the study they found the bones returned back to the place of burial to the chapel.

 

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Source: globalscience.ru

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