Decapitated skeletons of Roman 'criminals' found during England rail excavation

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About 40 decapitated skeletons unearthed by a group of archaeologists in southern England are thought to belong to 'criminals' from the Roman period, researchers say

About 40 decapitated skeletons unearthed by a group of archaeologists in southern England are thought to belong to"criminals" from the Roman period, researchers say.

The skeletons were found when archaeologists on England's High Speed 2 program discovered a late Roman cemetery, thought to be the biggest of its kind in Buckinghamshire. A team of 50 archaeologists had been working the site for more than a year, where they also found sections of a Roman town in the local village of Fleet Marston, alongside more than 1,200 coins, and gaming dice, bells, spoons, pins and brooches.

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