New Delhi, April 25 -- In the United Kingdom, archaeologists have found 41 human skeletons, mostly of women, from around 500 to 600 AD. These remains, found in south Wales, give a rare look into the Early Medieval period, which is not well recorded in history.

Experts say the women likely had hard lives working in farming. Each person was buried in a separate grave at the site.

"Their daily life appears to have been quite hard. They weren't a very healthy bunch of individuals, but they were caring for each other," Andy Seaman of Cardiff University told CNN.

According to Seaman, researchers have found evidence of degenerative joint diseases like arthritis. They have also found healed fractures and broken bones.

Female skeletons showed ...