May 24, 2012

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‘Roman gladiator graveyard’ unearthed in York

Most of the skeletons were violently decapitated and appeared to have been buried with some respect

The York Archaeological Trust has dug up 80 skeletons that date from the first century AD to 4 AD. They were found at the Driffield Terrace site in York where excavation work started in 2004.