Deep beneath the bustling center of Nakhon Si Thammarat’s central sports stadium, history has revealed itself in an intriguing manner. Three separate sets of skeletal remains of what is surmised to have belonged to individuals laid to rest over a century ago have made a surprise appearance during routine construction work. The discovery, made while establishing a drainage pipe, has stirred energetic murmurs and hypothesizing among local officials and the archaeological community The dramatic revelation took place in Tha Wang Subdistrict, Mueang District, in the vicinity of two football pitches. The clusters of skeletal fragments infiltrated the construction site, bringing the regular work to an abrupt pause. Workmen maneuvering a backhoe to dig about 1 metre in-ground for the pipe found themselves unearthing more than they anticipated. Present were not only fragments of leg and forearm bones but also craniums, each set distributed about 20 to 30 meters from each…
