Burial decisions may have been shaped as much by community membership as by bloodlines.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers renovating a fence wall near a historic Cathedral in Poland have found the remains of two medieval children, one of whom ...

Learn how ancient DNA shows that children in medieval Sweden often shared graves with adults of the same sex rather than close biological relatives. An infant girl buried in a Swedish churchyard ...

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Ancient DNA analysis of medieval Scandinavian cemeteries reveals unexpected burial patterns. Many adults and children buried ...

A medieval churchyard is a place of Christian ideals and community traditions. Shaded by stately oaks, the moss-covered ...

The remains of a hard-boiled egg were found inside a medieval grave in Germany in 2014, officials said. Archaeologists are still mystified by the discovery. Photo from the Bavarian State Office for ...

The graves were found during renovations of a wall near a medieval worship space. Screengrab from Lubelski Wojewódzki Konserwator Zabytków's Facebook post Long before our understanding of disease, ...

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