An old macabre illustration allegedly showing a 'baby pit' (burial pit) in an English abbey where illegitimate babies were systematically buried by the nuns in Medieval (and later) times

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Size: 9193px × 7224px
Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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