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Researchers digging at Must Farm quarry in Cambridgeshire in England recently unearthed debris that may reveal a 3,000-year-old story of Bronze Age housing units. The inhabitants of this era lived in circular homes affixed on stilts above water. A fire that broke out back then destroyed the settlement and the debris fell into the water that has been preserved over the years in its river beds. The researchers not only unearthed the settlements but also found textiles, cups, jars, bowls and also exotic glass beads. On the project's website, David Gibson, Archaeological Manager at the Cambridge Archaeological Unit, said, "It's prehistoric archaeology in 3D with an unsurpassed finds assemblage both in terms of range and quantity," says Fox News

This excavation, carried out by University of Cambridge offers a deep insight into the domestic life of Bronze Age inhabitants some 3,000 years ago. This settlement housed many families who lived in this area until it was perished by a fire. "It's a frozen moment in time," Duncan Wilson, Chief Executive of Historic England, said. "We are learning more about the food our ancestors ate, and the pottery they used to cook and serve it ... This site is of international significance and its excavation really will transform our understanding of the period," he added, as reported by Discovery news

Duncan Wilson also told Sky News, "The nearest analogy I can think of is Pompeii where there was a catastrophe and everybody left very quickly, leaving behind their food vessels, and some died in the process. "We have found human remains which we are in the process of excavating." The team of archaeologists is now hoping to learn if the fire was deliberate or accidental and why did people abandon their settlement 3,000 years ago.