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Medieval Chinese skeleton may reveal first evidence of a brutal punishment

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Ancient Chinese authorities used many creative ways to punish people, often with methods designed to mark them for life. One brutal example mentioned repeatedly in historical texts is cutting off a person's nose. However, archaeologists in China have never found skeletal evidence to prove that it occurred. But that may have changed following the discovery of a skeleton of a woman who lived in China about 700 years ago.

First report: Ancient skeleton shows woman in imperial China had her nose amputated — newscientist.com, 1d