Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:The first excavation at the famed Tower of London in a generation uncovered more than 20 skeletal remains. -century Black Death group burial to three skeletons from the late 12 or early 13 centuries buried in coffins. A rare dig into the soil of the famed Tower of London—the first excavation at the site in a generation—yielded two skeletons from around 1500. The dig began as a trial excavation in 2019 to prepare the on-site Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula for a new elevator. “Typically, if you’re buried closer to the church, you’re more important, and if you’re buried inside the church, you’re much, much more important, and if you’re buried under the altar, you are the most important person,” Hawkins said, to National Geographic.