The Commandery is believed to date back to the 11th Century
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Archaeologists are examining two skeletons thought to date from medieval times that were found underneath a museum.
The remains were unearthed at the Commandery in Worcester, which is believed to have been founded in 1085 as a monastic hospital.
They were found during preparation work for a new lift shaft under space currently used as a staff room.
Commandery manager Amanda Lunt said more graves could yet be found.
Saxon period
She said: "The burials appear to date from the late medieval period when the building was in use as a monastic hospital.
"The site would, at that date, have had a chapel and, it is assumed, a graveyard.
"It is possible that there are further graves on the site, possibly dating as far back as the foundation of the first chapel, on the site in the Saxon period."
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