Did you hear an explosion yesterday, or witness the plume of turquoise smoke it brought with it? The archeological dig led by muggle Elliot Waft has turned up something the participants did not expect: Pictish relics and a swift death.

Waft was one of four muggles killed in the explosion when they uncovered no fewer than a dozen artifacts believed to have belonged to a Pictish shaman; the surviving nine men and one woman were all seriously injured and are presently being treated at St Mungo's in London, pending their recovery. A group obliviation is reportedly scheduled for next week.

With this discovery, the Ministry has swiftly secured the dig site. Aurors have been placed on duty to guard the site as the Research Committee, Department of Mysteries, and a representative from the Museum of Magical Miscellany work together to stabilize and investigate the objects found. A spokeswizard fro the Ministry of Magic has declared it imperative that curious minds stay away, for their own safety.