Archaeologists have made an incredible discovery of a hidden Roman cemetery at a dig site in Leeds.
The cemetery, unearthed at a dig near Garforth, had previously been undisturbed and dates back 1,600 years. The remains of more than 60 people have been discovered there - thought to be both late-Roman and early-Saxon.
The hidden cemetery included the remains of a late-Roman aristocratic woman. Burial customs from both Roman and Saxon times were discovered in the graves, and are hoped to play a part in charting the largely undocumented transition between the fall of the Roman Empire and the establishment of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
