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According to bioarchaeologist Don Brothwell of the University of York, who participated in the project, the damage to the bodies of the young woman and the boy is too violent to be accidental. Someone hacked at the woman's face with a sharp instrument, and similar damage was done to the boy's chest--just what might be expected during a postmortem desecration of unpopular figures. (A cavity in the woman's chest was likely the incidental handiwork of later grave robbers.) "The damage to the mouth is appalling," says Fletcher. "It looks completely malicious...
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