'Lost' Iron Age cemetery reanalyzed more than 70 years after its finds went missing
In 1955, workers in a chalk quarry in Highsted, near Sittingbourne, were working when a human skull came tumbling down the bank at the edge of a pit. It would be the first of some 26 burials, all belonging to an ancient cemetery.
In 1955, workers in a chalk quarry in Highsted, near Sittingbourne, were working when a human skull came tumbling down the bank at the edge of a pit. It would be the first of some 26 burials, all belonging to an ancient cemetery. This story matters for Science & Discovery readers tracking science. Reported by phys.org. Read the full original at the source link below.
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