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@Armstrong's skull has been discovered recently 
Roman skulls discovered during work on the new Crossrail project
The latest "fascinating" discovery is just one in a long line of historical mysteries unearthed in the £14.8 billion scheme
Crossrail construction workers got the shock of their lives when they stumbled across 20 Roman skulls near London's Liverpool Street station.
The spooky remains, ingrained with dirt and eroded by water, were found six metres below ground in the sediment of the River Walbrook.
The site is located beneath a 16th century Bedlam burial ground, where 3,000 skeletons will be removed during archaeological excavations next year.
As many as 20,000 may have been buried there including Bedlam patients, plague victims, paupers and the rich.
It was used for burials for around 150 years starting in the 1500s.
The site was London’s first municipal graveyard and was right next to Bethlem Hospital.
A string of similar discoveries over the last few years has lead to speculation that they were heads decapitated by Queen Boudicca's rebels during the rebellion against Roman occupation in the 1st century AD.
But later archaeology suggested that the river possibly eroded a Roman cemetery and the remains had been washed downstream.
The latest skulls were piled up in clusters, and archaeologists believe they collected in the bend of the river.
"This is an unexpected and fascinating discovery that reveals another piece in the jigsaw of London's history," said lead archaeologist Jay Carver.
"This isn't the first time that skulls have been found in the bed of the River Walbrook and many early historians suggested these people were killed during the Boudicca rebellion against the Romans."
The tunnellers have also discovered wooden medieval structures believed to have been part of the walls of the Bedlam burial ground.
The Museum of London Archaeology will try and analyse the age, sex and diet of the people associated with the skulls over the coming months.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/roman-skulls-discovered-during-work-2331017
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Roman skulls discovered during work on the new Crossrail project
The latest "fascinating" discovery is just one in a long line of historical mysteries unearthed in the £14.8 billion scheme
Crossrail construction workers got the shock of their lives when they stumbled across 20 Roman skulls near London's Liverpool Street station.
The spooky remains, ingrained with dirt and eroded by water, were found six metres below ground in the sediment of the River Walbrook.
The site is located beneath a 16th century Bedlam burial ground, where 3,000 skeletons will be removed during archaeological excavations next year.
As many as 20,000 may have been buried there including Bedlam patients, plague victims, paupers and the rich.
It was used for burials for around 150 years starting in the 1500s.
The site was London’s first municipal graveyard and was right next to Bethlem Hospital.
A string of similar discoveries over the last few years has lead to speculation that they were heads decapitated by Queen Boudicca's rebels during the rebellion against Roman occupation in the 1st century AD.
But later archaeology suggested that the river possibly eroded a Roman cemetery and the remains had been washed downstream.
The latest skulls were piled up in clusters, and archaeologists believe they collected in the bend of the river.
"This is an unexpected and fascinating discovery that reveals another piece in the jigsaw of London's history," said lead archaeologist Jay Carver.
"This isn't the first time that skulls have been found in the bed of the River Walbrook and many early historians suggested these people were killed during the Boudicca rebellion against the Romans."
The tunnellers have also discovered wooden medieval structures believed to have been part of the walls of the Bedlam burial ground.
The Museum of London Archaeology will try and analyse the age, sex and diet of the people associated with the skulls over the coming months.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/roman-skulls-discovered-during-work-2331017
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