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Examiner While building a road for the 2012 London Olympics, workers discovered an ancient burial pit containing forty-five severed skulls. 
Skulls and other bones have been unearthed at a place called Ridgeway Hill, on the construction site of a new major roadway to Weymouth, on the Dorset Coast in southwest England. This seaside town will be the host to sailing events for the 2012 Olympics.Archaeologists began excavating in June and while they do not know who the bones belong to, say it' s likely to be that of Iron Age Britons. There is the possibility that this is the site of a mass war grave dating back to Roman times. Dig head David Score of Oxford Archaeology told Reuters, The exciting scenario for us possibly is that there were skirmishes with the invading Romans and that' s how they ended up chopped up in a pit. Score poses many questions: How did they die? Who killed them? Were they fighting among themselves or were they executed by the Romans? Or finally, did they die in a battle with the Romans? Among the skulls they found torsos, arms and legs, mostly of young men, supporting the theory of a battle or execution. There is a grave site close to Maiden Castle, Europe' s largest Iron Age hill fort, where local tribes are believed to have staged a last stand against the Roman legions after being invaded. Historians believe the Romans sacked the site and butchered its entire population before burning it to the ground. Score said they will be looking for sword cut marks on the bones, and determining if the heads were severed prior to death or afterward in an act of victory. It is also possible that these could be Roman citizens or indigenous people who died due to disease or disaster.
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