Archaeology students uncover ninth-century Viking grave with literal giant inside

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An archaeology student has uncovered a ninth-century Viking grave in Cambridge with an unusually tall skeleton inside.

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A routine training excavation conducted by University of Cambridge archaeology students has yielded an extraordinary ninth-century mass burial site at Wandlebury, located just three miles from the city centre.The 2025 dig initially appeared unremarkable before researchers uncovered a burial pit containing the skeletal remains of at least 10 young men, dated through radiocarbon analysis to the era of Viking rule in the region.Archaeology undergraduate Olivia Courtney said the dig was not fruitful initially, only finding a "1960s smarties lid".

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say She said: "I had never encountered human remains on a dig, and I was struck by how close yet distant these people felt.

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We were separated by only a few years in age but over a thousand years in time."The skull count within the grave established the minimum number of individuals interred at the...

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