High-status Iron Age burials reveal early links to Roman Empire

A large cemetery containing the lavishly adorned remains of unidentified high-status individuals dating from around 2,000 years ago has been uncovered by archaeologists from Archaeology South-East (UCL Institute of Archaeology). The completed excavations near Chelmsford, Essex, revealed the cremated remains of more than 100 individuals in a square, ditched enclosure mostly dating to the first century AD, bridging the transition to Roman rule in Britain following Emperor Claudius' invasion in AD 43.