Radiocarbon dating of bones found in a Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey places the burial in the late Saxon period, and an archaeologist says the remains may belong to one of two abbots who led the Benedictine monastery in the eleventh century.
Roman Sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey May Hold Remains of a Medieval Abbot
Radiocarbon dating of bones found in a Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey places the burial in the late Saxon period, and an archaeologist says the remains may belong to one of two abbots who led the Benedictine monastery in the eleventh century.
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