But the Byzantine-era grave held another surprise: The person who had practiced religious bodily punishment was female ... revealed the skeletons of several men, women and children.

Now, decades later, one of these skeletons has been positively identified as female — a “rare occurrence” in the archaeological record, according to a study published on Nov. 26 in the ...

The skeleton bound in iron rings was found in very ... “Because we also found remains of men, it is unlikely that the monastery was just female and that the woman was the head of the community.

A female skeleton, found wrapped in chains during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, has been identified as a nun. This discovery strengthens the understanding that extreme ascetic ...

If there's room to wiggle the thumb, then it's a female; if it's a tight fit, it's the skeleton of a man DNA samples may be taken from any existing hair tissue. As well as positively identifying ...

In 2019, a prehistoric human skeleton was unburied along with the remains of wild animals. The burial may represent that of a female "shaman" who died around 12,000 years ago. The remains were ...

So far, 33 skeletons have been found near Eptapyrgio prison northeast of the city, a former Byzantine-era fortress later known as Yedi Kule under Ottoman rule, city officials said in a statement.

If there's room to wiggle the thumb, then it's a female; if it's a tight fit, it's the skeleton of a man DNA samples may be taken from any existing hair tissue. As well as positively identifying ...