A curious thing about Europe is that almost every time someone decides to dig somewhere or build something archaeological artifacts are discovered. For during excavations carried out prior to the work of upgrading a highway in England - yes, it is normal for people to conduct surveys before the works themselves begin - archaeologists have come across something very sinister.

Poor poor things

According to Maev Kennedy of The Guardian news portal, the breakthrough came when surveys were carried out prior to construction work on the A14 motorway linking Cambridge and Huntington, consisting of the bodies of two buried men forming a “T” and with severed legs - and positioned next to the corpses. See an image of the skeletons as found:

(Spring Headland Archeology 1)

According to one of the archaeologists responsible for the excavations, Jonathan House, although detailed analysis on the two skeletons has not yet been conducted, they were dated to be from the 5th century, meaning that the bodies would be from the late Roman period of land domination. British or early Anglo-Saxon era. Besides, someone should really hate these poor things.

As mentioned earlier, they were found buried at right angles, forming a T, and with their heads positioned apart. Moreover, their skulls do significant damage, but archaeologists cannot yet tell whether the fractures occurred when men were killed or if they are the result of the passage of time.

(Spring Headland Archeology 2)

With regard to severed legs, each was buried with their respective limbs, and at the moment theories are that the amputations may have occurred after the men had died to prevent them from rising from their graves - the people were quite superstitious. in the past - or even before the pair lost their lives, possibly as a punishment for an attempted escape.

Violent past

Keyed up? Quite! And things were beyond violent at that time. According to archaeologists trying to piece together the jigsaw puzzle they came across when the Romans arrived in England, the population was completely subdued and most were enslaved. People who used to live there, just cultivating their land and raising their animals in peace, suddenly found themselves invaded by foreigners and, obviously, the coexistence was not friendly at all.

(Spring Headland Archeology 3)

Archaeologists have found no signs of permanent Roman buildings, but signs that the land was heavily used in agriculture. It is therefore possible that it was a village that was used as a foothold by the Romans heading for Hadrian's Wall in northern England and the population forced to work for the invaders.

(Spring Headland Archeology 4)

Another trace that things must be violent at the site was a human torso found inside a Roman well about 50 meters away from the runaway skeletons - and no sign of the legs or pelvis was found. In addition to these human remains from the Roman / Anglo-Saxon era, archaeologists also found pottery ovens, three stone monuments (Stonehenge-style) and prehistoric graves, remains of Anglo-Saxon camps, 12 medieval buildings and a huge center. Roman commercial. All this on a stretch of highway that must undergo improvements!

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