Not far from Jerusalem, archaeologists have discovered the fifth-century burial of a person wrapped in heavy metal chains.

For Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands, the collection of the biggest skeleton medals is complete. Bronze at the Beijing Olympics in 2022, silver at the world championships two years ago and now, ...

SKELETON remains tied in heavy metal chains from 1,500 years ago have been unearthed – and they belonged to a female practising an extreme religious practice. The shocking discovery, made by ...

It contained a poorly preserved skeleton that, with the help of numerous analyses, was confidently identified as female. A number of artifacts were found alongside the remains, including a silver ...

According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUS), the skeletal remains of a woman were found behind a business near Interstate 83 in New Cumberland on Dec. 9, 2024.

But the Byzantine-era grave held another surprise: The person who had practiced religious bodily punishment was female. Excavations of a series of crypts at the Byzantine monastery at Khirbat el ...