Medieval graves reveal harsh reality of early Christians: 'Life was hard and short'

Medieval graves reveal harsh reality of early Christians: 'Life was hard and short'

Danish archaeologists recently unearthed dozens of medieval graves, shedding light on how disease and hardship shaped life in early Christian Denmark.Officials from the Moesgaard Museum in Beder, Denmark, announced the discovery in a recent news release. The skeletons were found in nearby Aarhus, in St. Oluf's Cemetery, which existed from the 1100s until 1813. It was named after St. Olaf, a Norwegian Viking king renowned for spreading Christiani…