(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Demolition workers at a building site in New
Zealand were faced with an unnerving sight when they discovered
"human teeth as far as you can see."
Workers at a inner-city spot in Invercargill close to the southern
tip of New Zealand's South Island unearthed more than 1,000 teeth
earlier this year, local website Stuff reported on Tuesday.
"The teeth turned out to be related to a dentist who was operating on
the property in the 1950/60s," Heritage New Zealand senior
archaeologist Dr Matthew Schmidt told the website.
It was a "very unusual find."
"I have never come across it before, a big bunch of teeth," he said.
However, why the dentist apparently buried the teeth behind the
building was unclear.
"I would have thought if you were a dentist in the 1950s and 60s you
would have put [teeth] in your rubbish bin," Schmidt said.
The teeth and dirt surrounding them were removed and the demolition
work continued after the find was declared not historically
significant.
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