1,500-year-old skeleton found in chains in Jerusalem was a female ‘extreme ascetic’
Archaeologists found the remains of a chained individual in a Byzantine-era grave in Jerusalem. (Image credit: Matan Chocron / Israel Antiquities Authority) Not far from Jerusalem, archaeologists have discovered the fifth-century burial of a person wrapped in heavy metal chains. But the Byzantine -era grave held another surprise: The person…
bubmagMarch 3, 2025