forthwritten (
forthwritten) wrote2013-03-16 12:06 am
the earth reveals its dead
News today that workers digging a Crossrail tunnel had discovered a 14th century plague pit. Plague pits disrupting train routes are not new but I love the idea of histories buried under our feet, the unknown/once-known dead lying underground, London's forgotten geographies, London's ghostworlds and London as a palimpsest with layers and layers of stuff, half-erased and old or bold and crisp and new.
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BBC article
Guardian article
New Scientist article

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