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The Boscombe Bowmen

Boscombe Down, Wiltshire

A family grave near Stonehenge, of people who travelled from far away.

In 2003, builders near Amesbury uncovered a grave holding the remains of at least seven people, known as the Boscombe Bowmen because of the arrowheads buried with them. Chemical tests on their teeth showed they had grown up far away, perhaps in Wales or Europe.

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When
About 2300 BC
Where
51.1500, -1.7300
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

Finds are displayed at Salisbury Museum.

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