Seven long nails were found in the mouth of the deceased's skull. She was buried without any coffin or even a shroud. Thirteen more nails were counted around the bones of her skeleton. Apparently they tried to nail the witch's body to the ground so that it would not be resurrected …
The find was made at the so-called "cemetery of witches" in the coastal region of Piombino, near the city of Lucca, Tuscany region. The site was named “the cemetery of witches” because a little earlier, a woman's skeleton with dice was dug up on it, while 800 years ago, the time to which the remains belonged, women were forbidden to play dice on pain of death.
As for the second find, according to experts, the woman was about 25-30 years old. Archaeologist Alfonso Forgione of the University of L'Aquila, who is the leader of the excavation, believes she was most likely suspected of witchcraft.
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- This is a very unusual find. I have never seen anything like it before, says Forgione, judging by the nails hammered into her mouth and the nails found around the bones, I am convinced that she was considered a witch and was buried without a coffin and shroud, nailing her to the ground by her clothes. Most likely, people wanted her to lie peacefully and not rise from the grave in the form of a revived dead man.
- The second body was found with 17 dice. And the number 17, by the way, is very unlucky in Italy. In addition, the game of dice has been banned for women for a long time. The general character of both burials is somewhat exorcistic. These were obviously some kind of rituals and now we are trying to establish the cause of death of both women.
Another mystery for archaeologists is that these "witches" were buried in a sacred place, not far from the remains of a medieval church. Perhaps both women were from wealthy families and their wealthy relatives convinced them to bury them here. But these are all just versions.
Based on materials from dailymail.co.uk