Forty headless Roman skeletons unearthed by HS2 workers
Archaelogists working on high-speed railway’s construction discover decapitated remains and claim burials may have been part of a ritual
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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St Aldate's dig unearths the city's rich Jewish history
The unearthed pots showed that only kosher food, and no pork, had ever been cooked in them. St Aldates Church was the centre of Oxford’s Jewish neighbourhood in the 12th and 13th century after William the Conqueror invited Jewish people in northern France to settle in England - possibly so they could pay taxes to fund his wars. Recent excavations by Oxford Archaeology, ahead of some development works, revealed evidence of two houses which the 800-year-old Doomsday Book suggested belonged to two Jewish families. Amazingly it was able to show that one was owned by Jacob f. mag. Moses ...
Source: oxfordmail.co.uk