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Archaeologists uncovered a 2,000-year-old murder mystery while filming a television show in the United Kingdom \u2014 one that raises more questions than answers.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth University announced the discovery, which involved Channel 4 host Sandi Toksvig, in late October. The excavation was part of a new series called “Sandi Toksvig\u2019s Hidden Wonders.”<\/p>\n

Toksvig, who studied archaeology at the University of Cambridge, joined the archaeological excavation<\/a> centered around a 2,000-year-old Iron Age settlement in Dorset.<\/p>\n

The settlement belonged to the Durotriges, a tribe that lived in rural Dorset<\/a> before the Roman conquest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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At the site, archaeologists uncovered artifacts from daily life in Iron Age Britain, including bronze brooches, a bone comb and a bangle made of bronze.<\/p>\n

Then, during filming, the team was surprised to find a skeleton buried face down in a pit \u2014 a teenage girl who was likely murdered as part of a human sacrifice.<\/p>\n

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Most skeletons at the site were carefully placed in formal burials with grave goods, typically pots or brooches.<\/p>\n

The girl’s body was tangled and face-down with no such offerings, a stark contrast to the other burials in the settlement.<\/p>\n

In the Bournemouth University release, excavation leader Miles Russell said that the team was “particularly shocked to hear that this could have been a human sacrifice.”<\/p>\n

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“It was obvious from Sandi’s own interest in archaeology that she was deeply moved by what had been uncovered,” the researcher added.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Fox News Digital, Russell said that the fact the girl was buried face-down “does suggest marked disrespect.”<\/p>\n

He added that the condition of the teen’s muscle attachments and intervertebral discs suggests that she performed hard manual labor and lifted heavy weights throughout her life.<\/p>\n

“This seems to indicate that the pit burials were at the lower end of society, possibly representing the enslaved or prisoners of war,” Russell noted.<\/p>\n

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The victim also had an unhealed wrist fracture, which suggests she was defending herself at the time of her death.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her wrists appeared to have been tied as well, which indicates “sacrifice, or at least deliberate execution,” Russell said.<\/p>\n

“It’s really a case of archaeological evidence supporting the Roman view that, not only did human sacrifice occur in Iron Age, pre-Roman Britain,<\/a> but that it happened a lot,” the archaeologist concluded.<\/p>\n

“What we’re trying to do now is to ascertain who the victims were, regarding status and position, and why they were selected for such a fate, effectively giving back their voice.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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