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The archaeological world has been left stunned after it was revealed that Bronze Age ancestors had much more material than first thought. The site, which has been dubbed “Britain’s Pompeii”, was a hamlet of roundhouses before a fire burnt it down. Must Farm was built on stilts across a now-disused river near modern-day Peterborough. It is believed that 20th-century quarrying depleted half of the settlement, however five structures remained. Archaeologists said the fire had spread within minutes but there was no evidence of human fatalities. Experts initially suggested there was “too much” left…