Dated to the ninth century C.E., a time when the Vikings ruled the area, the grave held the remains of at least 10 different ...
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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 ...
Tall individual was somewhere between 17 and 24 years old, with evidence indicating he may have had a hormone-related growth ...
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Students Digging for Ancient Pottery Discovered a Viking Burial Ground Containing a “Giant”
Beneath a quiet field near Cambridge, students uncovered a ninth century mass grave with ten young men, scattered bones, and ...
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The skull of a Viking-era man who had part of his skull cut out in the world's oldest surgical procedure has been unearthed. The remains of a man between 17 and 24 revealed a large oval hole in his ...
The skeleton of a young 6ft 5in-tall (1.9m) Viking-era man who had undergone trepanation has been found in a mass grave. A hole had been bored in his skull while he was alive. It had signs of healing ...
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Students found a Viking-age mass grave—then the giant appeared
“Before we uncovered the first remains, our best find was a 1960s Smarties lid,” archaeology undergraduate Olivia Courtney ...
A group of students on a training dig have unearthed a Viking-era mass grave on the outskirts of Cambridge containing the dismembered remains of an “extremely tall” man who had seemingly undergone a ...
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