The site, dating back 1,600 years, has yielded the remains of a high-status Roman woman encased in a lead coffin, along with sixty other bodies, including men, women, and twenty-three children. The pick of the finds are the remnants of the late-Roman period aristocratic woman, signified by the lead coffin containing pieces of jewellery, an expensive burial practice and a marker of high social status. The ancient lead coffin was unearthed in a previously undiscovered, 1,600-year-old cemetery in Leeds, UK. The remains of what appears to be a Roman aristocratic woman were inside the lead coffin. Top image: The lead coffin of the aristocratic Roman woman’s burial found in Yorkshire, Northern England.

Source: CNN March 14, 2023 19:59 UTC