Roman Skulls Found Beneath London

Workers digging London’s new Crossrail line beneath Liverpool Street came across something unexpected: a trove of skulls from the city’s distant Roman past. The skulls were buried deep beneath the 16th-century Bedlam cemetery, and archaeologists said they could have been from a Roman burial ground further up the river. The skulls add to the heap of archaeological finds unearthed by the rail project, which will deliver a new suburban line across London. Thousands of skeletons recovered from the Bedlam cemetery are scheduled to be relocated next year.