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‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time

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The Must Farm settlement dates back to about 850 BCE and was built in a swampy wetland locals call The Fens or Fenlands. The settlement was excavated in 2015 and 2016 after it was discovered on the edge of the town of Whittlesey, northwest of Cambridge. The team believes that the site may have been home to at least 60 people living in family units.

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CNN

‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time

An analysis of the exceptionally well preserved remains of a Bronze Age village reveals the cozy domesticity of life in Britain 2,850 years ago.

1 month ago·Atlanta, United States

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‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — It’s late summer 2,850 years ago. A fire engulfs a stilt village perched above a boggy, slow-moving river that weaves though the wetlands of eastern England. The tightly packed roundhouses, built from wood, straw, turf and clay just nine months earlier, go up in flames. The inhabitants flee, leaving behind all their belongings, including a wooden spoon in a bowl of half-eaten porridge. There is no time to rescue the fa…

1 month ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time

1 month ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Metro News

Expert archaeologists dub ‘UK’s Pompeii’ an ‘amazing time capsule’

Bronze pots were found well preserved (Picture:PA/Cambridge Archaeological Unit) People only lived in the ‘UK’s Pompeii’ for a year before it burned down, but the remaining artefacts are remarkably well preserved. A new study provided a greater insight into the lives of people who lived at what is now Must Farm in Peterborough over 3,000 years ago. The village was made up of 10 circular wooden houses on stilts above a river, and could potential…

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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