East Smithfield Burial Pit Reveals Plague Genome
Researchers extract DNA from skeletons buried in 14th century plague cemetery.
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The Saturday Strangeness
97.The Thief Among The Dead Beneath the streets of London exist many corpse-inhabited pits in which thousands of victims of the plague were unceremoniously buried. One eerie incident connected with the coming of the plague took place during the extraordinarily hot June of 1665. As …
Londonist Sleeps In A Haunted Plague Pit
In which we spend a night with some decayed, 17th century dudes, in the catacombs beneath London Bridge. Beneath the Surrey side of London Bridge, behind doors that once led to the robot-kitsch Cynthia’s Bar, a new attraction is taking shape. The London Bridge Experience …
