Skeletons of 200 Napoleonic troops found in Germany
Frankfurt site reveals bodies of French soldiers of the Grande Armée who fought in the Russian campaign of 1813.
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Twelve skeletons found beneath Swedish castle
The bodies of three children and nine men were dug up from the grounds of Sweden’s Kalmar Castle earlier this year and tests suggest the bones are up to 500 years old, archaeologists have revealed.
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Ancient skeletons found in India
Archaeologists in India say they have unearthed four human skeletons dating back to the oldest civilisation in the subcontinent, the Harappan or Indus Valley civilisation.
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London rail work unearths thousands of skeletons from Bedlam
They came from every parish of London, and from all walks of life, and ended up in a burial ground called Bedlam. Now scientists hope their centuries-old skeletons can reveal new information about how long-ago Londoners lived — and about the bubonic plague that often killed them.
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