Burial of Ascetic Monk in Chains Reveals Surprising Identity: A Woman in Byzantine Jerusalem

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Burial of Ascetic Monk in Chains Reveals Surprising Identity: A Woman in Byzantine Jerusalem

A recent archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has challenged long-held beliefs about ascetic practices in the Byzantine era, revealing the remains of a woman in a burial typically associated with male ascetics, thus prompting a reevaluation of women’s roles in extreme religious traditions of the 5th-century AD. The remains initially believed to belong to an ascetic monk, bound in “chains,” were subjected to scientific analysis by researchers …

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An archaeological discovery in the vicinity of Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of historical knowledge of asceticism in the Byzantine era. A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Antiquities Authority of Israel has identified the remains of a woman at an ascetic burial traditionally associated with men, a discovery [...]