8. The African Burial Ground in Manhattan
Location: USA’s Manhattan
Year of Discovery: 1991
Estimated Value: Not Given
Envision a typical building site where heaps upon heaps of human remains are being discovered. Although the image looks like it belongs in a horror film, it happened in Manhattan in 1991 when workmen discovered human skeletal remains approximately nine meters below the surface.
African Burial Ground in Manhattan
Subsequently, researchers found a six-acre African burial site containing over 15,000 complete corpses, providing insight into the nation’s sordid colonial past. Their causes of death were never determined, however the remains were believed to have been from between 1630 and 1795.