A TELEVISION programme is to try and uncover the grisly story behind some 2,000 year old skeletons found on a remote part of the moors.
For decades experts have remained baffled by the jumble of human bones discovered in a series of caves on the North York Moors.
The bones were found in caves in the Hambleton Hills near Helmsley, known as Windy Pits; so called because of their tendency to emit gusts of air and steam.
The Neolithic / Early Bronze age bones have long fascinated archaeologists.
The tangle of bones look as though they may have belonged to a family. Many show signs that violent injuries were inflicted and possibly point to some kind of sacrifice.
The BBC2 programme, due to be aired at 9pm on Thursday, June 30, will try and uncover the mystery behind this find.
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