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England's Strange Case of Decapitated Bodies

LOST THEIR HEAD

During construction in England a grisly discovery was made. Nearly half of 52 skeletons in a Roman burial ground had been buried with the skulls between the legs of the deceased.

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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
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