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Palace pits with severed hands studied in ancient Egyptian site

Phys Org

by Justin Jackson 

April 4, 2023

The first physical evidence of an ancient practice previously known only from iconographic and literary sources—12 to 18 right hands buried beneath pits in an ancient Egyptian palace—has been analyzed by a team of researchers led by Julia Gresky of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin.

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