A previously undiscovered 1,600-year-old burial site in northern England could provide key clues about a a largely undocumented period in British history.
By Emily Mae CzachorA previously undiscovered 1,600-year-old burial site in northern England could provide key clues about a a largely undocumented period in British history, officials announced this week.
An ancient lead coffin unearthed in a previously-undiscovered 1,600-year-old Leeds cemetery, thought to contain the remains of a late-Roman aristocratic woman..The site appeared to include remains of Roman and Anglo-Saxon people, the city of Leeds said in a, noting that different burial customs associated with each cultural group indicated some remains may be traced back to the late Roman Empire and early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that emerged after it.
"Archaeologists hope this means the site can help them chart the largely undocumented and hugely important transition between the fall of the Roman Empire in around 400AD and the establishment of the famed Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which followed," the city of Leeds said in its announcement this week.
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