Shackled skeleton found in Ávila

Shackled skeleton found in Ávila
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By h.b. - Jan 31, 2007 - 2:05 PM

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It's the second such find in the city and is thought to date from the Middle Ages

A skeleton tied up with shackles and chains and thought to date from the Middle Ages has been found in an archaeological dig in Ávila, behind the city’s Church of San Pedro.

It’s the second such find in the city, although coming in a different place, and it has led experts to think that death occurred during some form of punishment.

Tomorrow, Thursday the latest find will be taken to the Provincial Museum where the skeleton will be studied and protected.

The Municipal Archaeologist, Rosa Ruiz, said it was from before the 16th century and after the 13th.

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