Experts knew there was a graveyard under Manchester’s Metrolink tramline, but the sheer scale of the excavation— 277 unearthed bodies —has made news worldwide. The archeological dig is a prelude to development work to Manchester’s transit system, and covers generations of burials in England’s third-largest city . Church officials say they are pleased with the sensitivity shown by the project, and that the remains will be relocated. Even so, the bone haul is nothing on the 3,000-corpse plague pit excavated during similar work in London earlier this year.
