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Chained-Up Nun’s Skeleton Confirms Byzantine Women Practiced Extreme Self-Torture
Found in Jerusalem and dated to the fifth century CE, the ancient nun is thought to have tormented ... the sex of a skeleton that was found in a crypt within a fifth-century Byzantine monastery.
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In pictures: Damaged remains of a crusader and a man buried alive in crypt at St Michan’s
The crypt at St Michan’s Church in Dublin has been closed to the public since an arson attack in June 2024, but there is hope it will reopen soon. “The Irish Times are the first people ...