THE DARK AGES APOCALYPSE - The Secrets of the Mass Burials in Spitalfields
- Brompton Cemetery Chapel
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Pop-Up, Something A Little Different and Theatre/Arts
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Tickets from £13.20
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Sun, 14th Oct 2018 @ 13:00 - 14:30
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13:00 - 14:30
In 1258 almost a third of the population of London perished under mysterious circumstances. An account from a contemporary monk relates how "the north wind prevailed for several months… scarcely a small rare flower or shooting germ appeared, whence the hope of harvest was uncertain... innumerable multitudes of poor people died.” At the time these events would have been perceived to be a punishment inflicted by God on sinful humanity.
However scientists now believe that they were the result of the largest volcanic eruption of the past 10,000 years, which occurred somewhere in the tropics and was eight times bigger that the devastating eruption at Krakatoa in Indonesia in 1883. An event of this magnitude would have caused a stratospheric fog that blocked out sunlight, changed atmospheric circulation patterns and reduced global temperatures by 4° C, causing crops to wither and bringing famine, pestilence and death to the whole planet.
Osteologist Don Walker explains how the excavation of St Mary Spital in East London uncovered a large number of emergency mass burial pits, which date to the mid-13th century and may provide the first firm archaeological evidence of this previously unknown global cataclysm.
Tickets £12 including a Hendrick's Gin cocktail.
Don Walker
Don Walker is a human osteologist at the Museum of London Archaeology who records and reports on human skeletal remains from excavations in London,. He is currently investigating post-medieval burials from Marylebone, medieval burials from the nunnery of St Helens Bishopsgate, Black Death burials from West Smithfield and Roman remains from the River Walbrook. He has written a paper on medieval syphilis and an English Heritage-funded book on skeletal pathology in London. He also assists the Metropolitan Police in forensic enquiries.
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The Dark Ages Apocalypse
Includes a Hendrick's Gin Cocktail
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13:00 - 14:30 | £13.20 |
Location
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Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Entrances on Fulham Road or Brompton Road, London, SW10 9UG
Nearest Station
West Brompton (Tube)
Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
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6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
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