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21 February 2020
Archaeology

At www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8017223/ … a burial site of victims of the Black Death (14th century AD) has been uncovered at Thornton Abbey in Lincolnshire in what was once a monastic hospital cemetery. Some 48 bodies were found which included 27 children.

  

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/canaanite-temple-une… … Lachish was an important Canaanite town during the Middle and Late Bronze ages. It began life at around 1800BC and was destroyed and rebuilt on a number of occasions. The Iron Age town was contemporary the Biblical Monarchy period and was captured by the Assyrians. The highlights of the current excavation are finds within a temple.

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