article_snippet: After they died they were buried in the medieval Hospital of St John the Evangelist's own cemetery whose exact site and scale were a mystery for centuries – until a lecture hall belonging to a Cambridge college needed refurbishing.
article_snippet: : Archaeologists digging under a building owned by St John's College, University of Cambridge has unearthed the cemetery of a medieval hospital and the remains of 1,300 people .
article_snippet: To the cemetery of a medieval hospital and the remains of 1,300 people amazement, archaeologists digging under the Old Divinity School – a Victorian building owned by St John's College, which was founded in 1511 on the site of a medieval hospital and which takes its name from its – unearthed the cemetery of a medieval hospital and the remains of 1,300 people.
article_snippet: Experts said it is one of the largest medieval hospital cemeteries ever discovered in Britain and, with on-going DNA analysis of the remains of 1,300 people, will help to cast fresh light on life and death in medieval times.
article_snippet: their amazement, archaeologists digging under the Old Divinity School – a Victorian building owned by St John's College, which was founded in 1511 on the site of the hospital and which takes its name from it broke out the floors of the Old Divinity School and the team of 20 dug down inside each room.
article_snippet: Medieval mysteries: Archaeologists digging under a building owned by St John's College, University of Cambridge has unearthed the cemetery of a medieval hospital and the remains of 1,300 people .
article_snippet: History uncovered: Experts say it's one of the largest medieval hospital cemeteries ever discovered in Britain Britain .
article_snippet: Craig Cessford, of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit, said: 'Craig Cessford, of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit was known that the cemetery was in that area, but Craig Cessford, of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit didn't know for definite it was where Craig Cessford, of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit were working. '
article_snippet: The names of the dead are a mystery, but the cemetery was found to have had gravel paths, suggesting that people visited people deceased loved ones.
article_snippet: The Archaeological Journal, which reports on the findings in The Archaeological Journal latest issue, says this reflects how medieval hospitals' main role was 'spiritual and physical care of the poor and infirm rather than medical treatment of the sick and injured'.
highlights_snippet: Medieval cemetery of hospital set up in 1195 found under college .
  
highlights_snippet: St John's College was built on the site of the old hospital in 1511 .
  
highlights_snippet: One of the largest medieval hospital cemeteries ever found in UK .