archaeological research 2026 -

In 1869, a Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey puzzled archaeologists with a medieval cross on its lid; 157 years later, dating of the skeleton points to an 11th-century abbot, not the Roman named on the tomb

A centuries-old archaeological puzzle at Westminster Abbey in London may finally be nearing a resolution, with new research suggesting that a skeleton discovered inside a Roman stone coffin belonged to…