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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Robert Dex and Arts Correspondent

Last resting place of first Roman Londoners - complete with a bed - uncovered in Holborn

The last resting place of some of the first Roman Londoners has been uncovered in Holborn.

Five oak coffins and a funerary bed - possibly used to carry a high status individual to their grave - were found preserved by the damp mud of the River Fleet six metres below street level by archaeologists working on a site near Holborn Viaduct.

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