Skeletal remains of Queen Elisenda, one of the most powerful rulers in medieval Europe, unearthed in Barcelona โ€” along with several others who bore unexplained stab wounds

Skeletal remains of Queen Elisenda, one of the most powerful rulers in medieval Europe, unearthed in Barcelona โ€” along with several others who bore unexplained stab wounds

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Archaeologists operating in a 14th-century abbey in Barcelona were amazed to discover 25 skeletons when they opened 8 tombs– consisting of the remains of a middle ages queen.

7 centuries after Queen Elisenda of Montcada, the other half of James II of Aragon and Valencia, established the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria Pedralbes in Barcelona, a group of professionals opened her burial place to get more information about her life and about the living conditions of the 14th-century female monastic neighborhood, according to a May 28 equated declaration from the Culture Institute of Barcelona.

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