Police confirm ancient graves found in search for British toddler

Ancient graves have been unearthed on the Greek Aegean island of Kos in a new search for a British toddler who went missing over two decades ago, police said Friday.

"We have actually found some archaeological remains, weve got four graves which date back at least 1,500 to nearly 2,000 years ago," Detective Inspector Jon Cousins said in a video released by the South Yorkshire Police.

Cousins is part of a team of British experts, supported by Greek police, who are searching outside a Kos farmhouse where Ben Needham, a 21-month-old toddler from the northern English city of Sheffield, went missing in 1991.

Cousins insisted that the discovery of the graves, which must be examined by the Greek archaeological service, "doesn't hamper what were doing, were cracking on."

The search began Monday in a large field with olive and fig trees just outside the...