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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Wow, nice!
Clearly something was going on; so-called Offa's Dyke turns out to be centuries older than Offa, for example. The Wansdyke probably postdates the Roman withdrawal, and could mark the southern frontier of a good-sized Romano-British realm. The old Hadrian's Wall and its forts would mark the north, and the Cardyke -- the Roman canal -- probably was at or near the eastern frontier. The *name* Camelot seems to be a corruption of Camulodunum (Colchester). Since the first Roman capital was there, the legend of Arthur is probably a pastiche of lots of unrelated snippets from many places and eras. Whoever it was that is the primary character that has become the folkloric Arthur (and assuming there is one), probably had his capital at Ely, Cambridgeshire.
If when Britain needs him most was not June til September 1940 he is not coming back.
Agreed. The reference to King Arthur is absurd and only because it will attract attention.
The same absurdity for the same reason applies to calling Thera Atlantis.
In the documentary ‘Stargate Atlantis’ it was found that King Arthur was an ancient that traveled to Earth to escape the Wraith.
You mean Merlin’s tomb in “That Hideous Strength”!
Also C. S. Lewis.
England could need him now.
The pic of that tomb does not scream Camelot.
5000 years old???
Even if he was real, King Arthur was dated in the late 400s. Someone needs to go back to math camp…
lol
There was an episode of “Time Tunnel” where the boys wound up back in the time of King Arthur, the only one who could tell who they were was Merlin, ‘coz, y’know, he was Merlin.
It doesn’t even scream Camelittle.
Stupid, lazy aliens! Couldn’t even get that picnic table level!
Yeah, and despite their technology, they still work with rocks.
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