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Genomics solves the mystery of a medieval mass burial

Analysis identifies the remains in an English well as those of medieval Jews, who were probably the victims of an antisemitic massacre.
  1. McKenzie Prillaman
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Genomic analysis suggests that human remains recovered from a medieval well in Norwich, UK, were probably those of Jews murdered in the twelfth century1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02356-w

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  1. Brace, S. et al. Curr. Biol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.036 (2022).

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