The spot sits along the old Roman road leading out of York and got its graveyard designation after archaeologists announced the discovery of 82 skeletons of able-bodied young men in a 2010 ...

Barbarian warriors ... art of war. After all, it was usually against an overwhelming enemy – and ‘an extra portion of courage’ was simply necessary." The spoons analysed were found in men ...

The research continues: Only one victim has been confirmed as a Roman warrior. Archaeologists hope DNA and strontium isotope analysis will help further identify the fighters, and whose side they ...