Rare ‘Coffin Birth' Found in Black Death Burial Site
by Rossella Lorenzi
Researchers investigating a 14th century burial ground have identified a rare case of
"coffin birth" - a gruesome phenomenon in which a deceased pregnant woman's fetus is
expelled within the grave. The event, which has seldom been reported in archaeology, is
known as postmortem fetal extrusion. It results from a build-up of gas pressure within the
decomposing body. "In this case, we have a partial expulsion of a 38- to 40-week-old fetus,
which was found to be complete and to lie within the birth canal," Deneb Cesana, at the
University of Genova, told Seeker.
Disponível em: <https://www.seeker.com/coffin-birth-found-in-black-death-burial-2333620306.html>. Acesso em: 23 abr. 2017.
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