1,500-year-old woman's burial reveals early medieval support for disability in Scotland
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Maisie Shields
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Summary
New research and a new exhibition at The McManus in Dundee reveal how a woman who lived with a lifelong physical impairment over 1,500 years ago in early medieval Scotland was supported, valued, and buried with honour. The exhibition, "History in Our Bones: Uncovering Stories of Disability Through Time," is a collaboration between Leisure and Culture Dundee and the University of St Andrews, exploring how people with disabilities lived in Scotland and England between 500 and 1600 years ago, combining history, archaeology, and science.
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· 2 pulledHer story is at the centre of a new exhibition at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum.
History in Our Bones: Uncovering Stories of Disability Through Time, delivered by Leisure and Culture Dundee in partnership with the University of St Andrews, brings together history, archaeology and science to explore how people with disabilities lived in Scotland and England between 500 and 1600 years ago.
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