article_snippet: the remains will be removed over the next week by a team of archaeologists .
article_snippet: A team of 60 archaeologists will work in shifts, six days a week, to excavate 3,000 skeletons (pictured) and gather any other remains at the burial site.
article_snippet: 3,000 skeletons (pictured) will then be reburied on consecrated ground .
article_snippet: 3,000 skeletons (pictured) will be excavated over the next four weeks by a team of 60 archaeologists who will work in shifts, six days a week.
article_snippet: 3,000 skeletons (pictured) will carefully remove the remains and record evidence for what may prove to be, in archaeological terms, London's most valuable 16th and 17th Century cemetery site.
article_snippet: After the excavation, 3,000 skeletons (pictured) will then dig through medieval marsh deposits and Roman remains including a road that runs under the site, which has already yielded several interesting Roman artefacts such as horseshoes and cremation urns.
article_snippet: 3,000 skeletons (pictured) will then be reburied on consecrated ground.
article_snippet: This is probably the first time a sample of this size from this time period has been available for archaeologists to study in London. '
article_snippet: Prior to the discovery of the Roman skulls, workers also found about 4,000 skeletons buried in the Eldon Street area.
article_snippet: 4,000 skeletons buried in the Eldon Street area were found in August 2013 and were carefully removed during major archaeological excavations last year .
article_snippet: Preliminary excavations at the site have already uncovered more than 400 skeletons .
article_snippet: Preliminary excavations at the site in 2013 and 2014 have already uncovered more than 400 skeletons and numerous artefacts.
highlights_snippet: 60 archaeologists will work shifts to unearth remains over next four weeks .
  