Ancient funeral discoveries bringing the past to life in Leeds

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Ancient artefacts discovered inside a Bronze Age burial mound in Leeds are revealing fascinating insights about life and death in some of the city’s earliest communities. Excavated during archaeological investigations on a modern-day housing project in Drighlington, the rare finds are believed to have been buried as part of funeral rituals carried out by local people around 4,000 years ago.

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00:00Archaeologists uncovered a Bronze Age burial mound at Pitti Close Farm,

00:05revealing cremated remains and ritual objects dating back 4,000 years as part of funerary rites.

00:11Among the finds were fragments of a decorated clay urn, a carved bone pin and a rare flint knife,

00:18indicating the individual may have been of high status.

00:22Leeds Museum's archaeology curator Kat Baxter examined the objects,

00:27which are stored at the Leeds Discovery Centre and will be displayed this year.

00:32The discovery highlights the value of developer-funded archaeology

00:36and enriches the city's prehistoric record,

00:39offering new learning resources for visitors, scholars and researchers across the region.

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