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Rūta Zumbrickaitė

UK Department Store Dig Turns Into Mass Grave Reveal As Archaeologists Unearth 317 Skeletons

Despite spending most of your life digging around in the dust and dirt, archaeology can be a fascinating career. Each hard-won discovery brings humanity closer to understanding the life and times of communities that are millennia old.

Just recently, in fact, an excavation of archaeologists working at the site of an abandoned UK department store being remodeled into a university campus unearthed hundreds of ancient skeletons, shedding more light on the area’s rich and storied history. 

A team of archaeologists excavating at the site of an abandoned UK department store has unearthed 317 ancient skeletons buried below it

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