CrossRail workers discover 5000 bodies in 16th-17th century burial ground in Liverpool Street.
Amazing stuff!
I work right next to it!
*puts telly outside*
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Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Fri 13 Feb 2015, 14:01,
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I imagine if you dig anywhere around there you'll find things like this
The archaeologists will love it.
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We do!
To be fair, most European cities are built on top of metres & metres of... well, of the older city and it's inhabitants frankly!
In Bath the Roman occupation layer alone could be up to 3 metres deep in spots!
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Fri 13 Feb 2015, 17:40,
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My ex is an archaeologist
Remember her saying pretty much the same thing: in some British cities you could probably just start digging in a random spot in your garden and you'll probably find Roman artefacts.
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I used to work on Liverpool Street
And it was fun watching the utilities companies turning up and digging up the road because you could guarantee it would be only minutes before they dug up a skeleton and had to stop work while they got hold of an archaeologist.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 13 Feb 2015, 14:16,
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