Detecting the skeleton of a monk is cut off meat before being buried

Researchers at McMaster University, Hamilton, USA, after excavating four graves with 123 corpses in medieval Christian monasteries, Sudan has come to the conclusion that Sudanese monks 1000 years ago were "broken". meat "before being buried.

The corpses were buried at the time when the Protestant religion was flourishing in the region, about 1,000 years ago.

When excavated, scientists found that one of the four grave sites contained only the bodies of mature men and probably the place used by monks in the monastery. The composition of the remaining graves is quite diverse, while the last grave site only bury 15 bodies, many of which have unusual features.

A body of monks in the grave area.

For example, a grave containing bones has cuts of two people. These cuts are done right after they die.

"All signs indicate that the bone is cut when it is still quite new. This may be the result of a meat ritual, " said scientist Robert Stark.

A strange cut on the bone of a corpse.

Many other corpses are found in extremely strange positions: the legs are folded 45 degrees, the hands are wrapped around the head.

And another notable point is that the beer of these graves is engraved in Greek letters, divided into two parts. Part one contains prayers including prayer for the souls of the dead; prayer for God of Heaven and God. Prayers also want "souls to take care of and rest on Abraham, Isaac and Jacobor's chest".

The second part engraved the personal information of the dead: name, time of death; sometimes as a title when they are alive and their profession.