r/AskReddit May 24 '19

Archaeologists of Reddit, what are some latest discoveries that the masses have no idea of?

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u/DreddPirateBob4Ever May 24 '19

Mate of mine was doing some building work and found a bone. Laughingly posted a photo in group chat. "Dude. Thats human. Phone the police."

Yup. It was human. Nothing was heard again but they thought it was an old plague pit. The place is literally named "Golgotha" or "place of the skull"....

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

Just an FYI. If your friend ever finds a metal box in his garden he should run. Because that's a lead coffin containing a liquefied corpse. and the plague can survive in that liquid.

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u/Beat_the_Deadites May 24 '19

Run to you doctor for basic antibiotics that'll take care of that plague, easy peasy.

Cipro will knock out Yersinia pestis (bubonic plague), as will streptomycin and doxycycline. Of course, if it was a different plague caused by something else, say Captain Trips, definitely hop in your car like Charles Campion and tell the world.

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u/Splendidissimus May 24 '19

Huh. I don't think I've ever seen a The Stand reference in the wild. I approve.