London Wiped Out by Volcano

Spitalfields Market excavation site

As many as 18,000 people may have perished as the result of a 13th century volcano thousands of miles away. Scientists first believed that the mass grave was the result of the Great Famine or the plague, but now believe the massive death was the result of this mystery volcano, which may have exploded as far away as Mexico or Latin America.

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Thousands of skeletons found in London burial pit were victims of a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away


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