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Westminster Abbey
BBN has covered 3 stories about Westminster Abbey, mostly in Weird News, as reported by Smithsonian Magazine, Live Science, The Guardian. Newest first.
- Weird News
Roman Coffin at Westminster Abbey Likely Held a Medieval Abbot
Radiocarbon testing dated the skeleton to between nine eighty-seven and ten fifty-two, and the Latin cross cut into the lid stands nearly six feet tall; the Roman gets no refund.
Reported by Smithsonian Magazine · with a Short - Weird News
Mystery of skeleton in Roman coffin at Westminster Abbey solved
Radiocarbon dating placed the bones between nine eighty-seven and one thousand fifty-two, so a Roman coffin was reused in the Middle Ages; the lid had also been smashed in eighteen twenty.
Reported by Live Science · with a Short - Weird News
Roman coffin at Westminster Abbey holds a medieval skeleton
Carbon dating places the skeleton between 987 and 1052, and the lid had been shattered into six pieces; the coffin's owner is still missing.
Reported by The Guardian · with a Short
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