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The research, published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, analyzed 939 adult skeletons from five medieval cemeteries in Denmark, dating from approximately 1050 to 1536 AD. The findings ...

Medieval Christians in Denmark showed off their wealth in death by buying prestigious graves: the closer to the church, the higher the price ...

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