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Mass Grave From Roman-Era Battle Discovered Beneath a Soccer Field in Vienna
Archaeologists think that as many as 150 individuals may have been hastily buried at the site, likely after a "catastrophic" ...
A Construction Crew Was Renovating a Soccer Field—and Found the Bodies of 150 Ancient Roman Soldiers
The archaeologists, brought in by the Federal Monuments Office after the soccer field renovation project started unearthing ...
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2,000-year-old Roman mass grave found beneath soccer field astonishes archaeologists
Archaeologists in Vienna discover a mass grave of Roman soldiers dating back 2,000 years, victims of a brutal defeat against ...
A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...
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Mass Grave of 150 Roman Legionaries Discovered in Austria
Archaeologists in Austria have uncovered a rare Roman-era mass grave beneath a football field, revealing the remains of young ...
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Mass grave of Roman-era soldiers discovered beneath soccer field in Vienna
Archaeologists said the discovery of the mass grave is especially important because the Romans often cremated their dead, and ...