#infant burials

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Rare Tyrian purple reveals elite Roman infant burials in York

Two infants buried in Roman York were laid to rest in costly purple cloth normally reserved for emperors and members of the aristocracy, new

This is kind of incredible, I think, that children were buried with such expensive materials. The very highest élite, I would imagine.

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1,200-year-old infant burial found near famous Temple of Artemis in Turkey contains twins — one with an unusual extra rib

The two infants buried in the same Byzantine-era grave may have been twins who died around the time of birth.

infant burials are so sad to excavate.

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A new look at an extremely rare infant burial in Europe suggests humans were carrying around their young in slings as far back as 10,000 yea

Very interesting piece(s) of archaeological detection.