During restoration work at a market in Bochnia, Poland, archaeologists unearthed the remains of two women who they believed were burned at the stake back in 1679. After being accused of witchcraft and murdering a child, the women were burned alive in the town’s market.
Lead archaeologist Marcin Paternoga stated what they found, “We know there was an execution here in 1679 during which three women were burned.” “We have managed to dig up two skeletons. We continue our work, and we will undoubtedly come across another skeleton.”
The remains will be analyzed in order to know for sure how they died but there are clues that they were indeed burned at the stake as their bones revealed burn marks from extreme temperatures. And many people who were condemned and considered unworthy were often buried where they died and not given a proper burial on sacred land. Furthermore, if they were considered to be witches, they wouldn’t have been allowed to be buried on blessed grounds.