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High tides unearth burial mystery of bronze age child (UK)

High tides and winds that have battered our shores have unearthed a burial mystery for archaeologists.

Erosion by the sea and weather has revealed what seems to be the remains of a Bronze Age child.

But what puzzled archaeologists was a layer of hard white material which appears to have been moulded around the body, like a casing.
Read entire article at Daily Mail