Flexed burial at Lindisfarne (Skeleton 2067)
Content warning: This model is of human remains
This individual seems to have been laid to rest with their legs straight, but their upper body twisted to the side. We don’t know if the position was intentional or accidental… Anglo-Saxons buried their dead in a variety of positions, but for the early Christians, prone (straight, rather than flexed) was the most common.
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