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… like a mass grave<\/a>. Maybe it helps if said grave is 1,000 years old.<\/p>\n

To find out that the young men executed were Vikings is a thrilling development. Any mass grave is a relatively rare find, but to find one on this scale, from this period of history, is extremely unusual.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

… like a mass grave. Maybe it helps if said grave is 1,000 years old. To find out that the young men executed were Vikings is a thrilling development. Any mass grave is a relatively rare find, but to find one on this scale, from this period of history, is extremely unusual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,21],"class_list":["post-1382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-archaeology","tag-england"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-mi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":602,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=602","url_meta":{"origin":1382,"position":0},"title":"The Shock of It All – 2","author":"Chas S. 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