Jewish remains found in Norwich well were medieval pogrom victims – study

<Tue 30 Aug 2022 11.00 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/30/jewish-remains-found-in-norwich-well-were-medieval-pogrom-victims-study

“When we look at the DNA from [the remains], they’re actually more closely associated to modern day Ashkenazi Jews than to any other modern population,” said Brace, noting that – with Jewish law largely prohibiting the exhumation or disturbance of burials – the genomes are the oldest yet sequenced from Jewish individuals.