Monday, 24 February 2014

Search for a Saxon king

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A team of scientists have applied for permission to dig in the churchyard of St Bartholomew’s Church, where the king is thought to be buried in an unmarked grave.


The plans follow the discovery of Richard III, whose skeleton was found under a Leicester car park.


The rector of St Bartholomew’s, the Reverend Canon Cliff Bannister is working with archaeologists and the team believes they have more evidence to go on than the scientists from Leicester University did when they started trying to identify Richard III.


Read more;


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2387685/Archaeologists-hope-Alfred-Great-unmarked-grave-Winchester.html?ito=feeds-newsxml


http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archaeologists-mission-find-remains-saxon-king-alfred-great-00743


 



Search for a Saxon king

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