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'Hugging skeletons' genetically confirmed as Poland's only medieval same-sex double burial
short by Daisy Mowke / on Saturday, 23 May, 2026
An 800-year-old pair of "hugging skeletons" unearthed next to a 13th-century Polish cathedral has been confirmed to be the country's first medieval same-sex double burial. Researchers found that both the buried individuals are genetically unrelated females. However, any assumptions about relationship between them individuals based on their body position can be misleading, researchers warned.
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