British experts say they have found London's lost Black Death graves

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British experts say they have found London's lost Black Death graves

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/british-experts-found-londons-lost-black-death-graves-023841884.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l.aRONPQ80JIUTcSI9VdSQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-30T132117Z_1_CBREA2T113N00_RTROPTP_2_LIFE-BRITAIN-BLACKDEATH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout photograph of archaeologists working on unearthed skeletons in the Farringdon area of London" align="left" title="Handout photograph of archaeologists working on unearthed skeletons in the Farringdon area of London" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Britain said on Sunday they had solved a 660-year-old mystery, citing DNA tests which they said proved they had found a lost burial site for tens of thousands of people killed in medieval London by the &quot;Black Death&quot; plague. The breakthrough follows the discovery last year of 13 skeletons wrapped in shrouds laid out in neat rows during excavations for London's new Crossrail rail line, Europe's biggest infrastructure project. Archaeologists, who say the find sheds new light on medieval England and its inhabitants, later found 12 more skeletons taking the total to 25. Limited records suggest up to 50,000 victims were buried in the cemetery in London's Farringdon district, one of two emergency burial sites.</p><br clear="all"/>

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