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‘Hugging skeletons’ confirmed as Poland’s first known medieval same-sex burial

Maria Kamińska
 04.06.2026, 12:35
The women were found “buried in a mutual embrace” Photo: Magdalena Przysiężna-Pizarska/ Uniwersytet Opolski
The women were found “buried in a mutual embrace” Photo: Magdalena Przysiężna-Pizarska/ Uniwersytet Opolski

The discovery marks the first confirmed same-sex double burial from medieval Poland.