London’s Crossrail project has turned up many interesting finds, and the latest is a large burial pit believed to contain victims of the Great Plague.

London’s large-scale Crossrail transportation project has turned up many interesting and scientifically valuable finds.

The latest is a massive burial pit unearthed in the Bedlam cemetery believed to contain 30 victims of the Great Plague. 

That particular outbreak of the bubonic plague occurred between 1665 and 1666, claiming 100,000 lives, or nearly a quarter of the city’s population. 

At the site, workers found several clues indicating the sickness was the cause of death for those laid t