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July 5, 2012

Bodies bodies everywhere

Filed under: Cemeteries, Rome — acagle @ 6:57 pm

Large Roman cemetery discovered in Norfolk

Archaeologists have discovered 85 Roman graves in what has been hailed as the largest and best preserved cemetery of that period found in Norfolk.

The site at Great Ellingham, near Attleborough, has been excavated over the last four months and the findings have now been revealed.

Among the skeletons, which have been exhumed for further study, there were some which were beheaded after death.

The decapitations are the weird part since this doesn’t seem to be a military cemetery. So, huh:

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