Archaeologists carry out first dig at tomb linked to King Arthur

Phys dot org ^ | July 5, 2022 | Joe Stafford, University of Manchester

[SunkenCiv]

Wow, nice!

[SunkenCiv]

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.

[Fai Mao]

If when Britain needs him most was not June til September 1940 he is not coming back.

[SunkenCiv]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camlann

[wildbill]

Agreed. The reference to King Arthur is absurd and only because it will attract attention.

[SunkenCiv]

The same absurdity for the same reason applies to calling Thera Atlantis.

[minnesota_bound]

In the documentary ‘Stargate Atlantis’ it was found that King Arthur was an ancient that traveled to Earth to escape the Wraith.

[10thGen]

You mean Merlin’s tomb in “That Hideous Strength”!
Also C. S. Lewis.

England could need him now.

[Rebelbase]

The pic of that tomb does not scream Camelot.

[Magnatron]

5000 years old???

Even if he was real, King Arthur was dated in the late 400s. Someone needs to go back to math camp…

[SunkenCiv]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

It doesn’t even scream Camelittle.

[ApplegateRanch]

Stupid, lazy aliens! Couldn’t even get that picnic table level!

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, and despite their technology, they still work with rocks.

[SunkenCiv]

• Archeologists Find the Hidden Original Form of Arthur's Stone, an Ancient Structure That Inspired the 'Chronicles of Narnia'
  Evidence now suggests the rock structure was symbolically connected to recently discovered 'houses of the dead.' | Caroline Goldstein | September 1, 2021 | ArtNet

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