14th-century brothel infant burial

This is a Aalst news story, published by Phys Org.

Aalst news

For more Aalst news, you can click here:

more Aalst news

News about discover

For more discover news, you can click here:

more discover news

Phys Org news

For more news from Phys Org, you can click here:

more news from Phys Org

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best entertainment news, business news, world news, and much more. If you like this article about discover, you might also like this article about

medieval brothel

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest Domestic infant burials news, medieval sex workers news, news about discover, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

brothel contexts

Phys Org

•

Entertainment

Study provides new insights into medieval sex workers and childcare

Summary

Nutrition label

85% Informative

In 1998 , excavations in Aalst , Belgium , uncovered a 14th-century brothel with the burial of a 3-month-old child.

Archaeologists analyzed the remains of the infant child, including an ancient DNA and stable isotope dietary analysis on the remains.

This finding corroborates the idea that the mother and child likely shared a bond and the child's death was not the result of infanticide.

The discovery challenges historical narratives that associate children in brothels with abortion and infanticide.

The location of the burial near the hearth may reflect medieval beliefs about the afterlife.

It is more likely that this child died of a disease rather than a lack of funds, as candles, bell ringing, the coffin and the grave digging all carried a price.

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful