In 1647, laborers toiling away at the Tower of London uncovered two small skeletons while clearing away rubble from a staircase.

Had the discovery been made today, scientists would have used a whole host of forensic tools, including genetic samples and family trees, to determine the identities of the remains. None of these existed back in 17th-century England; however, people still knew who the skeletons were.

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