Amazing What The Bones Can Tell Us

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Mysterious Mass Graves Hold Prisoners of Bloody 17th-Century Battle -

The estimated 1,700 skeletons, found underground at the southern tip of Durham University's Palace Green Library, were likely Scottish soldiers who had been taken prisoner after the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, the archaeologists said.
The prisoners were captured by Oliver Cromwell, the controversial English leader who waged a successful military campaign against the Royalists in a 17th-century civil war, toppling the monarchy and culminating in the execution of King Charles I in 1649. [See photos of the 17th-century prisoners from the Battle of Dunbar]