Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered evidence of compassionate care for individuals with disabilities during the late Middle Ages, based on skeletal remains from a medieval cemetery in Eichstätt, Bavaria. The findings, from a site dating to the 14th to 15th centuries, include skeletons with conditions such as scoliosis, limb deformities, and healed fractures, suggesting these individuals were supported by their communities despite their physical limitations. The study, led by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, examined over 200 burials. Among them were remains of individuals with conditions like scoliosis and congenital limb deformities. One notable case involved a person…