An excavation project led archaeologists to discover an 'extremely rare' tomb that was largely destroyed thousands of years ago.
As if the scene were pulled straight from a spooky movie this Halloween season, archaeologists have just discovered the skeletons of more than 14 people in an"incredibly rare" 5,000-year-old tomb.
It's classified as a"Maes Howe-type" passage grave, which is considered the"pinnacle of Neolithic engineering in northern Britain," NMS said. Only 12 other Maes Howe-type tombs have been discovered in Orkney, and most are visible above ground. However, while digging the area in 1896, the farmer's son discovered eight skeletons, prompting archaeologists to search the precise location and unearth 14 more skeletons of men, women and children. These were found in one of the chamber's six smaller side cells, along with other"disarticulated" human remains and artifacts.
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