Maybe this guy was in there.
Posted on 07/09/2022 6:54:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists from The University of Manchester have started a dig at a 5,000-year-old tomb linked to King Arthur...
Arthur's Stone is a Neolithic chambered tomb which has never previously been excavated, but English Heritage say that similar examples in the same region have been found to contain incomplete skeletal remains of several people, together with flint flakes, arrowheads and pottery.
Today, only the large stones of the inner chamber remains, which is placed in a mound of earth and stones whose original size and shape remains a mystery. The chamber is formed of nine upright stones, with an enormous capstone estimated to weigh more than 25 tonnes on top.
Like many prehistoric monuments in western England and Wales, this tomb has been linked to King Arthur since before the 13th century. According to legend, it was here that Arthur slew a giant who left the impression of his elbows on one of the stones as he fell.
More recently, the author C.S. Lewis is thought to have been inspired by the area when creating his fictional world of Narnia—with Arthur's Stone the inspiration for the stone table upon which Aslan the Lion is sacrificed in "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe." ...
It was assumed that Arthur's Stone stood within a wedge-shaped stone cairn, similar to those found in the Cotswolds and South Wales, but Manchester's Professor Julian Thomas and Cardiff's Professor Keith Ray found that the monument originally extended into a field to the southwest, and may have taken the form of a low turf mound with rounded ends. Professors Thomas and Professor Ray will also lead the upcoming excavations, with the participation of students from Cardiff University and a series of American institutions.
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“a 5,000-year-old tomb linked to King Arthur...”
“Maybe they will find directions on how his flour is made.”
And mighty fine flour it is, indeed......
That’s cool.......
with his stone club Excalibur.
Yea, how could they have quested for the Holy Grail 3000 years BC.
I like the entire movie, except that they couldn’t seem to figure out how to end it.
This is very interesting - thanks for posting! Hope they find Merlin’s book of crafts - grin.
Kind of confusing ain’t it.My recollection is @ 870AD.
King Arthur: a myth or an actual post Roman chieftain ruling in an era when the written record fell out of fashion. Who knows?
Lol,rd rr-
Mark
I read a very convincing book ,hose title and author escape me, that posited two Arthurs one the other’s grandson. They are both historical characters and the Arthurian tales, the more credible ones, place Artur in two conflated cultural periods, one with Arthur as a Romanized British king during the later stage of the Roman Empire and the grandson as king fighting the Saxons a few centuries later. That author in his peregrinations found evidence of both in Southwest England and Wales. Now I want to find that book again.
Apparently King Arthur existed PRIOR to Roman Britain, not afterwards, along with Merlin, Tyrion Lannister, and the Hobbits...
Maybe this guy was in there.
You know how the ancient links go.
It’ll be an Error 404 Tomb Not Found.
Arthur will come back and marry Boudica.
Thomas Malory’s two volumn “Le Morte d”Arthur” based on French and English sources at the time (mid 15th century) is a fun book to read if you’re into reading. If you’ve plowed through Chaucer, you will find it much easier going. It’s on the internet.
Parts of him, anyway. :^)
LOL
Could have been some tomb raiders, raiding a tomb left centuries (maybe many centuries) earlier by an earlier population.
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