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Researchers found the remains of the ascetic individual bound in chains. Small metal plates and a tiny cross were found near the abdomen of the skeleton.

SKELETON remains tied in heavy metal chains from 1,500 years ago have been unearthed – and they belonged to a female ...

The first archaeological evidence of extreme asceticism practiced by nuns was discovered in Jerusalem. A female skeleton, found wrapped in chains during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities ...

Archaeologists believed they had unearthed the remains of a Byzantine monk buried beneath an ancient monastery in Jerusalem. But years later, new scientific evidence has turned that theory upside down ...

Rather, the chains were used by the person during life to limit mobility as a part of a religious ascetic lifestyle. Initially, the Israel Antiquities Authority, which oversaw the dig, reported ...

offers vegetable-based “shojin ryori” ascetic cuisine. It stands to the left of the entrance to the shrine premises. Used as a Kezo-in temple until the Edo Period (1603-1867), it is now a ...

A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Israel Antiquities Authority has identified the remains of a woman in an ascetic burial traditionally associated with men, a ...