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South China Morning Post on 2024-05-12 12:00

China’s 2,500-year-old skeletons with legs chopped off may be elites who received ‘cruel’ punishment in ancient times

Analysis of two 2,500-year-old skeletons suggests the men had their legs amputated as a form of penal punishment, a common practice at the time.

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