Posted on 05/09/2015 9:08:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
King Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, has long been thought to have been killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. But British archaeologists are to test a theory he survived on the anniversary of the famous battle this Tuesday. The battle, on Oct. 14, 1066, marked a turning point in British history as the Normans conquered medieval England.
There are different accounts of how he was killed, one of them pictured in the Bayeux Tapestry, which appears to have him gripping an arrow that had pierced his eye. Another account has Harold being killed by knights and his body dismembered. But Peter Burke, an amateur historian in southern England, has suggested Harold may have survived as a hermit for a further 40 years. Archaeologists will begin to test his theory on Tuesday by launching a scan of the grounds of Waltham Abbey Church in Essex, where Harold was supposedly buried. The scan will be carried out by Stratascan, the same geological survey company that helped locate the remains of King Richard III in 2012 beneath a parking lot.
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I used to be an adventurer like you...
This guy’s theory is about as valid as my own personal theory: Harold became a chartered accountant and moved to Perth.
Nice blade marks on that skull. Must’ve been short swords.
Speaking Out: Peter Burke on the search for King Harold’s remains
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/11550267.Speaking_Out__Peter_Burke_on_the_search_for_King_Harold_s_remains/?ref=mr
King Harold ‘may have survived Battle of Hastings’ claim
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-29612656
Battle of Hastings: Archaeologists Now Think King Harold Might Have Survived
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/battle-hastings-archaeologists-now-think-king-harold-might-have-survived-1469805
[makes sense, he kept putting out albums for years after his ‘death’ /s]
King Harold II investigation in Waltham Abbey ‘could turn fiction into fact’
http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Harold/story-23162363-detail/story.html
Britain to hunt for King Harold’s body to test theory about his death
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/12/us-britain-history-king-idUSKCN0I10TW20141012
We found Dick, now let’s find Harry: After Richard III’s remains were found in a Leicester car park, the hunt is on for King Harold
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/we-found-dick-now-lets-find-harry-after-richard-iiis-remains-were-found-in-a-leicester-car-park-the-hunt-is-on-for-king-harold-9789299.html
Richard III archaeologists now search for King Harold - to see if he survived Battle of Hastings
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11157181/Richard-III-archaeologists-now-search-for-King-Harold-to-see-if-he-survived-Battle-of-Hastings.html
You mean that Perth story isn’t true?!? ;’)
Figures that an English accountant and a Perth would be related.
Okay, I’ll stop now.
...until I took an arrow to the knee. (Was just playing that tonight!)
Nah, he was born that way. ;’)
Beats playing that game called “America under Liberals” any day.
Thank you for the links. This historical controversy is new to me.
Ha-ha.
I have a copy of the Oct.1966 National Geographic issue that has the Bayeaux Tapestry depicted. Need to fish it out and take another look.
For later
With a pair or Herring, not Perth.
Londoners commemorate the event every year
on the Banks of the Thames.
A most joyous and mirthful event -
(The man wielding the Herring is playing the part of William the Conqueror.)
Tis but a scratch...
Harold was done in by illegal immigrants.
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