A man in a red shirt holds a scanner with a green light. He is scanning the concrete-like remains of a human burial that sits in a white container against a wall. About 1,700 years ago, a wealthy ...

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During a British highway project, a team of archaeologists uncovered a Roman-era central burial with 21 additional grave cuts. The central grave includes a coffin carved from solid limestone and a ...

For the first time, archaeologists at England’s York University have used 3D scanning to study a little-understood burial practice of the ancient Romans, revealing details of the burial of a family of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman-era cemetery in England with the unique burial of a “high-status individual” encased in liquid gypsum at its centre. Researchers found that the central grave ...

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Archaeologists in York have utilized state-of-the-art 3D scanning technology to delve into the secrets of a 1,700-year-old Roman burial practice involving liquid gypsum. This pioneering application of ...