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13. Roman Babies
2004 - Season 2
In 1988 a team was excavating the site of the Roman settlement on the outskirts of modern day Leiden in Holland when they come across the graves of 90 infants. Why were so many babies found in one place?
12. Cannibal Neanderthals
2004 - Season 2
A dark cave found in the gentle hills of Zagorie County, Croatia, holds a chilling secret. A vast collection of Neanderthal human remains was discovered, hacked and smashed. Was this the site of a terrible massacre, tribal warfare or an unusual ritual?
11. The Princess and Her Baby
2004 - Season 2
In Thailand archaeologists are investigating a rich grave. Inside were the remains of an adult. A child was buried nearby with the same grave goods only in miniature. Stranger still was a decapitated body of a man buried in a very simple nearby grave.
10. Buried Chariot Mystery
2004 - Season 2
In 2003 a major highway is being built through Yorkshire, England when something is spotted in the soil. Archaeologists are called to the scene and recover a chariot from the Iron Age. But as they dig deeper they find more than a chariot: a skeleton.
9. One Armed Skeleton
2004 - Season 2
During an excavation in the small fishing community of L'Anse au Loup in Canada, archaeologists made the discovery of a human skeleton, a complete set of clothes and a pocketknife with the initials 'WH'. Most shocking of all, the skeleton only had one arm
8. Skull and Crossbones
2004 - Season 2
In 1990 in Griswold, Connecticut, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of 29 people at an abandoned rural farm. Upon opening one grave, the skull and femora are found in a "skull and crossbones". Has the skeleton been exhumed and reburied?
7. Thai Superburials
2004 - Season 2
At Ban Non Wat in Thailand, excavations unearthed Bronze Age burials with rich offerings. Archaeologist Charles Higham is puzzled as received wisdom has it that this was an egalitarian society and there was no previous evidence of hierarchical structures.
6. Marks of Murder
2004 - Season 2
The butchered skull of a young man found in a pit outside a temple in St Albans, England, may be part of a mysterious and barbaric head cult dating from Roman times. Why was this person so brutally mutilated? Was it punishment or murder?
5. Roman Murder Mystery
2004 - Season 2
During an excavation of Flixton quarry in Suffolk, England, archaeologists unearthed something unexpected. The team had already discovered fragments of Roman pottery when they came across a shallow grave with 4 human skeletons lying at the bottom.
4. The Body in the Box
2004 - Season 2
In the small town of Lemon Grove a woman, going about cleaning out her garage, made a shocking discovery. Inside a cardboard box, she found the remains of an ancient mummified human body, that of a young woman.
3. Elephant Woman
2004 - Season 2
One of 61 skeletons found at a 15th-century site in Rochester has a gruesomely deformed skull. Dr Lucinda Reeves is an archaeologist, she wants to find out how this woman may have been treated in society and, above all, what caused the deformity.
2. Mummies from the Crypt
2004 - Season 2
Nearly 200 perfectly preserved mummies have been found in a church crypt in the Hungarian town of Vac. One in particular has disturbingly preserved features and could be the key to curing a worldwide disease.
1. Bog Mummy
2004 - Season 2
Looking at the Tollund Man of Denmark, a perfectly preserved 2,000 year-old bog body, is enough to give anyone a buzz. Why was he killed and placed in the bog? Was it murder? Was it a punishment? Was it a sacrifice?
