Ancient "human sacrifice" victims found by workers laying pipelineEngineers laying down pipes more than 50 miles outside London found dozens of ancient skeletons. Workers with the U.K. utility company Thames Water uncovered bones believed to be part of a nearly 3,000-year-old settlement in England — and archaeologists believe some of them may have belonged to victims of "human sacrifice."
Twenty-six human skeletons believed to be from the Iron Age and Roman periods were found in Oxfordshire as the company was working on a project to preserve a rare chalk stream, Thames Water said in a statement. The company said some likely were involved in ritual burials. A spokesperson told CBS News that the discovery was made "several months ago."
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One of the ancient human skeletons found by U.K. utility company Thames Water as workers were laying out a new pipeline in Oxfordshire.
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Cotswold Archaeology excavated the site. Chief executive of the organization, Neil Holbrook, saw this dig as a chance to "examine a number of previously unknown archaeological sites."
Ancient "human sacrifice" victims found by workers laying pipeline
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