A Roman stone coffin found at Westminster Abbey in 1869 bore the name of a man from 1,600 years ago, but new tests date the skeleton inside to AD 987–1052; archaeologists say it may be one of two medieval abbots
Researchers found white lime residue tracing the outline of a lost rectangular wooden coffin surrounding the sarcophagus. For more than a century, a stone coffin at Westminster Abbey carried the name of a Roman-era Londoner, while the identity of the person buried inside remained hidden. Now, modern forensic and archaeological analysis has shifted the story…
