Today, I came across an interesting article on the BBC News Website about a site that was discovered while they were working on the London Crossrail Project. The main thing that caught my interest about it was that the finding of this site finally helped figure out the exact location of a burial site known to be located just outside of London in the 14th century ; and because the burials have been dated to the earlier 14th century (thanks to pottery found there) they are helpful in giving a glimpse into the earliest outbreaks of the Black Plage in Europe, and how people who died from it were treated before it became the full blown pandemic which we know about that decimated Europe's population.
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