Asceticism is the practice of denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal, often ...
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The wealth of material recovered from the site is so stunning that archaeologists believe this discovery will allow research ...
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The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of ...
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remains of a nun who practised an extreme form of asceticism. Dubbed “The Nun of ...
Not far from Jerusalem, archaeologists have discovered the fifth-century burial of a person wrapped in heavy metal chains.
The first archaeological evidence of extreme asceticism practiced by nuns was discovered in Jerusalem. A female skeleton, found wrapped in chains during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities ...
This is how the enigmatic skeleton was found, still wrapped in its eternal tools of torture, by a team of archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority as they were excavating the Khirbat el ...
a new excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has revealed. The site, a mass burial structure, was discovered in 2021 by Dr. Martin David Pasternak, but it was disclosed to the public ...