microrobert
07-30-2013, 05:29 AM
Mystery deepens in coffin-within-a-coffin found at Richard III site
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Archaeologists have unearthed a mysterious coffin-within-a-coffin near the final resting place of Richard III.
The University of Leicester team lifted the lid of a medieval stone coffin this week – the final week of their second dig at the Grey Friars site, where the medieval king was discovered in September.
This is the first fully intact stone coffin to be discovered in Leicester in controlled excavations – and is believed to contain one of the friary’s founders or a medieval monk.
Within the stone coffin, they found an inner lead coffin – and will need to carry out further analysis before they can open the second box.
Mystery deepens in coffin-within-a-coffin found at Richard III site (http://phys.org/news/2013-07-mystery-deepens-coffin-within-a-coffin-richard-iii.html)
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Archaeologists have unearthed a mysterious coffin-within-a-coffin near the final resting place of Richard III.
The University of Leicester team lifted the lid of a medieval stone coffin this week – the final week of their second dig at the Grey Friars site, where the medieval king was discovered in September.
This is the first fully intact stone coffin to be discovered in Leicester in controlled excavations – and is believed to contain one of the friary’s founders or a medieval monk.
Within the stone coffin, they found an inner lead coffin – and will need to carry out further analysis before they can open the second box.
Mystery deepens in coffin-within-a-coffin found at Richard III site (http://phys.org/news/2013-07-mystery-deepens-coffin-within-a-coffin-richard-iii.html)