archaeology
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“….Work to replace a cracked glazed panel that covers the original burial site of King Richard III [got] under way on Wednesday (8 July)….The king’s grave – formerly located in the choir of the long-gone Greyfriars Priory – is now part of Leicester’s award-winning King Richard III Visitor Centre and has been glazed over since…
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For the armchair archaeologists among us, here’s a link (https://tinyurl.com/23ds5mjm) about the finding of an ancient ‘sunken’ village/buildings connected to Loddington Hall in Leicestershire. From this link I investigated more and found the gbnews article (https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeology-breakthrough-east-midlands-loddington-medieval-britain ) identified under the image of archaeologists below. There is also https://worldomep.org/news/university-of-leicester-archaeology-loddington-uncovers-timber-buildings-that-rewrote-local-history/, and you can listen to the BBC…
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Well the claim in the title above must be true, because it says so on this YouTube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrkJ4M0Mx4M. 🙄 Boo! Hiss! So here’s more about the first Lancastrian Henry to usurp the throne of a rightful King Richard. We’re talking Bolingbroke, a.k.a. Henry IV, right? Not a long video, doesn’t reach 2 minutes, but,…
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“….A 14th Century church has been saved from closure after the discovery of a ‘miracle’ hoard of gold coins worth nearly £30,000 found hidden under the altar….” Hallelujah (some might say! 😇). St Wilfrid’s Church, Melling in Lancashire has been saved from closure by the discovery of a £30,000 hoard of gold coins hidden under…
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At 1½ minutes the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6LeKcR7qU isn’t very long, but if you can stand the loud, brash commentary (and the repetition of old fallacies), the actual point about the Speed map of Leicester is interesting. Did John Speed make a boo-boo and mistake Blackfriars for Greyfriars, leading to subsequent historians and archaeologists wasting time…
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Alfred the Great; archaeology; royal resting places;
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A 900-year-old Anglo-Saxon place of worship has been discovered underneath a church during excavation work. St Cuthbert’s (one of Richard III’s favourite saints) in Darlington has been undergoing a £2.5m restoration project to make it more accessible and the archaeological discovery was made while lowering the Victorian floor. Read more from the BBC here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2eyn755gxo
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Anthony the Great (c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is also known as the Father of All Monks. The biography of Anthony’s life by Athanasius of Alexandria helped to spread the concept of Christian monasticism. He is often erroneously considered…
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This is next in the Murrey and Blue series ‘An Interview with…’ As JP Reedman, Janet is a prolific writer of Ricardian and mediaeval fiction. She has written a series of novels about Richard III in the first person (I, Richard Plantagenet) and also a fantasy novel (Sacred King: Richard III: Sinner, Sufferer, Scapegoat, Sacrifice).…
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Most people know of the murder of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, but far fewer know that, in the mid-15th century, another bishop was murdered in the quiet priory church of Edington in Wiltshire. Edington is a peaceful place today; however, it was anything but in medieval times. Its most famous event was when,…
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