[2] Analysis by archaeologists confirmed that the skeletons belong to a man and a woman around 30 years of age.
The couple were buried facing each other, and with their hands interlocked.
[3][4] The male appears to have died due to a fight or an accident as his sternum is broken, possibly caused by a blow from a blunt object.
[5][6] Another archaeologist places the blame for the man's death on a broken hip.
It is unlikely that she died by suicide, as that was considered a sin and would have excluded her from being buried in consecrated ground.