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This Pregnant Medieval Woman With Head Wound 'Gave Birth' In Her Grave
Kristina Killgrove , Contributor
Pasini et al. 2018 / World Neurosurgery
Female burial from near Bologna Italy (c. 7th c AD).
An early Medieval grave near Bologna, Italy, was revealed to contain an injured pregnant woman with a fetus between her legs. Based on the positioning of the tiny bones, researchers concluded this was a coffin birth, when a baby is forcibly expelled from its mother's body after her death. The pregnancy and the woman's head trauma may also be related.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/03/23/pregnant-medieval-woman-gave-birth-in-grave/#3d2a31241663
