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Ancient skeleton shows woman in imperial China had her nose amputated

Ancient skeleton shows woman in imperial China had her nose amputatedWorldPing

Texts from imperial China suggest that some crimes were punishable with unusual amputations and a 700-year-old skeleton appears to offer the first physical evidence of the practice…

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