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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: rangerrebew on March 07, 2018, 03:50:45 pm
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Iron Age skeleton discovered buried during cave excavation at British seaside resort
AN Iron Age skeleton has been discovered buried in a pit at a set of popular caves in a popular seaside resort.
PUBLISHED: 16:56, Tue, Mar 6, 2018 | UPDATED: 17:12, Tue, Mar 6, 2018
Archaeologists at Margate Caves in Kent made the astonishing find during the last day of a dig at the site, which is being reopened as a tourist attraction after closing in 2004.
It has been suggested the caves were once used as ancient torture chambers and a refuge for smugglers, although this has not been proven.
The adult human remains, which could date from as far back as 800 BC, were discovered in a crouched position at the bottom of a chalk pit.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/928002/Iron-Age-skeleton-discovered-buried-cave-excavation-Margate-Caves-Kent (https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/928002/Iron-Age-skeleton-discovered-buried-cave-excavation-Margate-Caves-Kent)