11/06/2015

Workers discover 19th century burial vault under New York City park

Workers upgrading water mains under New York City’s Washington Square Park this week discovered a vault containing a large pile of skeletal remains dating back approximately 200 years.
Officials from the city’s Department of Design and Construction told Newsdaythat the vault measured 8 feet deep, 15 feet wide and 20 feet long. It contained the remains of at least a dozen people. Anthropologists and archaeologists would be asked to investigate the vault to determine its exact age.  Read more

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