Researchers suspect that this victim was a girl who was between the ages of 15 and 17 when she was tied up, executed, and tossed face down into a pit sometime in the first century B.C.E.

While excavating an ancient Celtic site in Dorset, England, a team of archaeologists recently came upon a 2,000-year-old skeleton that had been buried in an unusual position: face down in a pit, hands likely having been tied, and without any grave goods.

Although the gender of this person has yet to be confirmed, researchers believe the deceased was likely female, based on previous similar discoveries in the area. The strange positioning of the body recalls the nearby ancient burials of a teenage girl discovered in 2024 and another young adult female burial found in 2010.

All three, believed to sacrific

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