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Название: Burying the Dead: An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries Автор: Lorraine Evans Издательство: Pen & Sword History Год: 2020 Формат: pdf Страниц: 228 Размер: 12,85 Мб Язык: английский
Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery. Twelve skeletons were unearthed by archaeologists, ten without skulls, later examination of the skeletons revealed that their owners were all subjected to judicial execution by decapitation, one of which required several blows. Similar fates have befallen other wretched souls, the undignified burial of suicides - in the Middle Ages, the most profound of sins - and the desecration of their bodies, go largely unrecorded...
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Burying the Dead: An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries 
