Rather, the chains were used by the person during life to limit mobility as a part of a religious ascetic lifestyle.

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 ...

The discovery is prompting a reevaluation of women's participation in extreme asceticism in the 5th century CE.During excavations at Khirbat el-Masani, a Byzantine monastery dating from 350 to 650 CE, ...

Extreme religious traditions of the 5th century AD held males in higher positions and associated them with asceticism. Open the Youtube video Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and ...

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