East Smithfield plague pits (IMAGE)

McMaster University

East Smithfield plague pits

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Researchers extracted DNA from the remains of people buried in the East Smithfield plague pits, which were used for mass burials in 1348 and 1349.

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Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA)

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