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Students unearth remains in possible execution pit on training dig

A group of Cambridge University students on a training dig have helped unearth the remains of at least 10 people in what appears to be a burial pit. The discovery, made at Wandlebury Country Park near ...

Students Make ‘Extraordinary Discovery’ of Viking-Era ‘Execution Pit’ with Human Remains During Archaeological Training Dig

“All appear to have been relatively young men flung into the pit without care,” the University of Cambridge said of the human ...
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Archaeology Students Dug Up a Mass Viking Grave—With a Literal Giant Inside

Archaeology undergraduates from the University of Cambridge were on a training dig when they discovered a group burial just three miles outside of town. Dated to the ninth century C.E., a time when ...
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Archaeology Students Unearth an Early Medieval Burial Pit During a Training Dig in England

Researchers found the remains of ten individuals in a burial pit near Cambridge, England. Cambridge Archaeological Unit / David Matzliach For several years, Cambridge University’s archaeology ...
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Community invited to archaeological dig on Hilton Head Island

HILTON HEAD, S.C. (WCIV) — Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park is inviting the public to participate in "Stories Surround Us: A Community Archaeological Experience" on Saturday, May 31, on Hilton Head ...
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Cambridge students find burial pit, 9th century ‘giant’ who underwent surgery during training dig

The pit is believed to have been from a time of conflict “between the Saxon-run kingdom of Mercia and the kingdom of East Anglia, which was conquered by the Vikings in around 870 [CE]." A burial pit ...