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  • A Woman Buried Face Down in Medieval China May Reveal Evidence of a Brutal Punishment

    A Woman Buried Face Down in Medieval China May Reveal Evidence of a Brutal Punishment

    When archaeologists excavated a medieval cemetery in central China, one burial immediately stood apart. The woman had been placed face down, and the bones around her nose showed evidence of a severe injury unlike anything found among the cemetery’s other graves. A new study suggests that the damage was neither accidental nor caused after death.…

    September 20, 2026

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