Skeletons found in mysterious pit died violent deaths in Anglo-Saxon-era England

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — In an idyllic corner of an English field, beneath the lush green grass and yellow buttercups sprouting in the sunshine, archaeologists made a grim discovery. Sifting through the soil, they found a pit dating back around 1,200 years, filled with skeletons — some complete, some dismembered — that