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Rail project finds 'Black Death pit'

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J.D. Oswald
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Rail project finds 'Black Death pit'

Post by J.D. Oswald » Fri March 15th, 2013, 8:43 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21784141
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Post by Divia » Sun March 17th, 2013, 3:19 pm

That is super neat. thanks for posting. I love it when they find stuff like this.
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Post by Rowan » Mon March 18th, 2013, 5:04 pm

That top photo is awesome. I like that they published a photo of the skeletons in situ.
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Post by wendy » Thu March 21st, 2013, 1:30 pm

That's got to be scary for the rail crew. Hope all their shots are up-to-date. Who knows what bugs might still be lurking there dormant . . .
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