Archaeologists have made a startling discovery in Alkmaar, a Dutch town famous for its cheese market. In a building under construction, they found a mosaiced floor made of tiles and sawed-up cow bones.

This rare feature, found only in North Holland, has left archaeologists baffled as to why someone would choose such a morbid material.

When archaeologists in Alkmaar began investigating an old building slated for renovation, they expected to find remnants of history. But what they uncovered was far stranger: a floor partially constructed from carefully arranged cattle bones.

During archaeological investigations in the Netherlands, a centuries-old floor made of animal bones was discovered. The find came to light […]