Skeleton of woman found wrapped in chains for a surprising reason
Archaeologists excavating crypts at a Byzantine monastery a few miles from Jerusalem were surprised to find the skeleton of a woman bound in heavy metal chains. She wasn't being held captive at her death but, apparently, was voluntarily chained up as part of her religious ascetic lifestyle.
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