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Artifacts spanning thousands of years of English history have been found at the site, such as Neolithic stone tools and waste flakes (top); Roman metalwork, including tweezers and a scalpel (bottom left); and a bronze knife handle from the 8th or 9th century with blue glass inlays (bottom right).
It was common in antiquity for deceased individuals to be sent on their journey to the afterlife with a collection of their cherished objects. Nevertheless, archaeologists in Germany were surprised b
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