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A human skull and partial skeleton dredged up from the murky depths
of the River Thames is thought to be a convict thrown overboard from an 18th
century prison ship.
The remains are now to be studied by leading forensics experts in
Australia in the hope of finding out why the person came to be buried in a
shallow grave next to mudflats in the Thames Estuary.
They have been dated between 200 and 300 years old and were discovered
in an area where prison hulks would moor before setting off for Australian
penal colonies.
More Information Here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7771557/Human-skull-skeleton-dredged-depths-Thames-belonged-18th-century-convict.html
