Archaeologists discover how a slave who lived 1900 years ago died

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Archaeologists have made a terrifying discovery after studying the remains of a slave discovered in the village of Vinstanton, Cambridgeshire, England in 2017.
And the Daily Mail indicates that a few years ago, archaeologists in this area found the remains of a skeleton of a 170 cm tall human being, aged 25-35 years, with an iron nail in the heel of his foot. At that time, radiocarbon detection showed that this person died between the years 130-337 AD. That is, during the era of the Roman Empire.
Next to the skeleton, archaeologists also found pieces of a wooden structure in which the person was buried. This discovery, according to scientists, is the first evidence of a human being crucified in Britain.
 “In fact, this is the first time, in our work, that we have found evidence of human crucifixion,” says David Ingham, lead researcher.
Although this method of execution is linked to Christianity, archaeologists do not believe that this case has anything to do with religion. Because after studying it in detail, they discovered that the slave was not hung on a cross, but on another temple. Scientists have come to this conclusion, because they did not find any other nails in his body, in addition to the fact that they found two wooden boards, which tied the slave to one of them, and was fixed by the nail to the second. And that the nail in the heel of the man was to prevent him from moving.
The newspaper indicates that in the era of the Roman Empire, the method of crucifixion of criminals, enemies of the state, slaves and others was widespread. The canons at that time stipulated that if a slave killed his master, all his slaves, including women and children, were crucified with him. And this method of execution remained in use until it was prohibited by Tsar Constantine the Great (306-337 AD).