Tag: King Arthur
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Archaeologists Begin First-Ever Excavation of Tomb Linked to King Arthur
Smithsonian Magazine has an interesting article about Arthur’s Stone. Researchers hope to find clues to who used the chambered tomb, was it the actual Neolithic Britons? According to popular lore, Arthur’s Stone, a roughly 5,000-year-old tomb in the West Midlands of England, boasts ties to King Arthur, the mythical leader of Camelot. One legend holds that Arthur found…
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Graves of dozens of kings from the time of King Arthur uncovered in Britain
LiveScience has an interesting piece about the discovery of the graves of early British royalty. The graves date to the period between the fifth and seventh centuries and provide archaeological evidence from a little-understood period of British history. The new study by Ken Dark, an emeritus professor of archaeology and history at the University of…
