Human remains display reveals shocking tales of death over the centuries

Skeletons: Our Buried Bones exhibition includes woman buried in expensive stone coffin with throat slit 2,000 years ago

An exhibition bringing together stories of deaths over centuries in London and the West Country includes the skeleton of a woman buried in an expensive stone coffin with her throat slit and her head severed almost 2,000 years ago.

When the stone sarcophagus, discovered under school playing fields at Mangotsfield on the outskirts of Bristol, was opened it revealed two adult bodies. In 1996 all the focus was on the exceptionally tall man. He would have stood more than 6ft tall, and his feet have had to be turned back slightly to fit into the display case at the M Shed museum in Bristol.