Crossrail Europe's largest railway project is halted due to archaeologists finding more than 3000 skeletons between London's capital.
>> Detecting the remains "hug each other without leaving" for 6,000 years
Hospital cemetery was discovered
Archaeologists who discovered more than 3,000 skeletons at Bedlam hospital cemetery are also the Liverpool station building area of Europe's largest Crossrail rail project.
Two skulls were found at Bedlam cemetery
This area was used as a cemetery from 1569 until 1738 with the name Bethlehem before another cemetery, New Churchyard, was opened due to overload.
Three bones of mother and two children are buried side by side
The area is part of the east ticket office building plan of the Crossrail rail system in London.
Archaeologists have found more than 3,000 skeletons at Bedlam cemetery, where the Crossrail railway project is planned.
Archaeologists hope to end the assembly of the remains in this area in September to continue building the east ticket office by contractor Laing O'Rourke.
A team of 60 archaeologists works 6 days a week to complete the remains in the shortest time
Jay Carver, an archaeologist from the Crossrail project, said: " This excavation is a rare opportunity to learn about the lives and deaths of 16th and 17th-century Londoners ."
Archaeologists hope to finish the corpse collection at Liverpool station next September
The London Archaeological Museum, representing the Crossrail project, is implementing the collection of more than 3,000 remains this time.
The Crossrail rail project has excavated more than 10,000 skeletons
Up to now, the Crossrail railway project has excavated more than 10,000 skeletons on 40 construction sites . This is considered the largest archaeological project in the UK.
