Ancient Roman skulls under the Thames

The railway project staff in London, England, recently discovered 20 Roman skulls believed to be from the first century AD.

Under the guidance of archaeologists, construction workers carefully removed human skulls and some Roman pottery, discovered in the sediment of the Walbrook River.

The Roma skull was discovered at the Crossrail railway project area.(Photo: Sky News)

The skulls were found under Bedlam hospital cemetery, the first cemetery in London was built in the 16th century. This is also where researchers will conduct about 3,000 skeletons discovered ways. This is not long, in an archaeological excavation next year.

For safety reasons, archaeologists had to let the tunneling workers carry out archaeological work, bringing the skull from a depth of 6m to the ground.

The location of the discovery of the Roman skulls led to speculation they were beheaded by Queen Boudicca's rebels in an uprising against the invasion of the Romans in the first century AD.

However, later archaeologists believe that the Walbrook River, a tributary of the River Thames, could undermine the Roman cemetery, located beneath Eldon Road in Liverpool Street, making the skulls as well as the skeletons are swept away by the flow of the river.