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Ancient whale bones unearthed beneath Edinburgh construction site
By Christopher Carbone
Published June 19, 2020
Two very large ancient whale bones were unearthed beneath a construction site in Edinburgh.
The bones from the fin of a large male sperm whale were buried beneath the ground between a post office and a scrap yard on Constitution Street in Leith, according to The Scotsman.
The paper reports that experts from the National Museum of Scotland identified the bones, which were located during a four-month construction dig in the area that had been halted because of the novel coronavirus.
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This whale bone recovered from the Edinburgh trams construction site could be as much as 800 years old. (Edinburgh Trams / Guard Archaeology) (Edinburgh Trams / Guard Archaeology)
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The bones reportedly may have been brought back as a “trophy” from a whaling expedition that left the port many years ago. It is believed they could be from a whale up to 800 years old, The Scotsman reports.
Scientists will conduct carbon dating tests to determine the whale bones' age.
The remains of a large stone wall were also found by workers.
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