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Saturday 5 April 2014

BLACKDEATH VICTIMS UNEARTHED

Skeletons unearthed in Londons Crossrail  excavations proved to be  victims   of the black death pandemic  of the 14th century.the teeth contained  d.na of the plague bacterium yesina pestis  and the graves where the skeletons  found dated to 1348-50.Old records said that thousands of Londoners  perished and put into graves but the location was a mystery. A
rchaeologist believe this location to be under chaterhouse square near barbican.

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