GLOUCESTER’S ROMAN MASS GRAVE SKELETONS WERE PLAGUE VICTIMS
A mass Roman grave, discovered in Gloucester in 2005, may have contained the victims of an acute disease of epidemic proportions, possibly plague.This is the startling conclusion to a new report by Oxford Archaeology and archaelogical consultancy CgMs, who have been conducting an 18-month programme of scientific study on the grave, which contained around 91 skeletons.
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Comment by Toos — May 1, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
Whoops. Fixed.
Comment by Anthony — May 1, 2008 @ 3:36 pm