Experts have hailed a 1,600-year-old cemetery unearthed about 200 miles north of London as a 'once-in-a-lifetime' find that bridges the gap between the ancient and medieval periods.
Experts have hailed the 1,600-year-old cemetery that was unearthed near the city of Leeds, about 200 miles north of London, as a"once-in-a-lifetime" find that bridges the gap between the ancient and medieval periods.
England derives its name from one of the main groups that arrived from the fifth century onwards from modern-day Denmark and Germany: Angles, Saxons and Jutes. Carbon dating is underway to establish the precise timing of the burials, as well as chemical testing which it is hoped will shed light on the dietary habits and ancestry.
"The presence of two communities using the same burial site is highly unusual and whether their use of this graveyard overlapped or not will determine just how significant the find is." Claudius, the fourth Roman emperor, began the invasion of Britain in 43AD, supposedly using an army of up to 20,000 men and even armored elephants. By the dawn of the first century Rome had established its power across southern Britain and all the way up to the contested northern area later marked out by a huge wall built by the emperor Hadrian.
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