Mysterious Burial of Face-Down Teenager Unveils Tragic Tale
Archaeologists in Cambridgeshire have discovered the remains of a 9th-century teenage girl buried in an unusual manner, face down in a pit with her ankles possibly bound together. The burial suggests she may have led a tragic life and was considered an outsider in her community. Analysis of her remains revealed evidence of childhood malnutrition and a spinal joint disease, indicating low social status and hard manual labor. The burial may have been a symbolic closure of the settlement as it was abandoned.