Danish archaeologists recently unearthed dozens of medieval graves , shedding light on how disease and hardship shaped life in early Christian Denmark.

Officials from the Moesgaard Museum in Beder, Denmark, announced the discovery in a recent news release.

The skeletons were found in nearby Aarhus, in St. Oluf’s Cemetery, which existed from the 1100s until 1813. It was named after St. Olaf, a Norwegian Viking king renowned for spreading Christianity across Scandinavia .

“The remains are believed to be up to 900 years old, belonging to a churchyard from the 12th century, near the old Viking town of Aros,” the museum said in a statement. The discoveries came during a city project to upgrade waste facilities.

Mads Ravn, head of the Moesgaard Museum’s local heritage department,

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