Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious coffin-within-a-coffin while excavating the final resting place of King Richard III. The University of Leicester team opened the lid of a medieval stone ...

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Researchers have made a rare discovery - a medieval woman who died while pregnant who also had early form of neurosurgery, as well as, a coffin birth. A young woman, who experts believe was between ...

King Richard III's rediscovered resting place is turning out more mysteries this summer. Excavators finally lifted the heavy lid of a medieval stone coffin found at the site in Leicester, England, ...

Italian archaeologists have uncovered a Medieval grave containing the remains of a woman and a fetus lying between her legs. It’s a grim example of a “coffin birth,” say the researchers, but there’s ...

When the brick coffin of a young woman from medieval Italy was opened after its discovery in 2010, two peculiar things stood out to the researchers: There was a perfect hole in the frontal bone of her ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered the remains of a Medieval woman who appeared to give a coffin birth. This results when a pregnant woman dies without giving birth to the child she is carrying.

Through modern science, the grim discovery of a Medieval woman's remains is able to tell the tale of a "coffin birth" and ancient brain surgery. Despite the macabre nature of the grim discovery of a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When the brick coffin of a young woman from ...