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Medieval Knight Found Under Parking Lot In Scotland; Mysterious Remains Thrill Archeologists (Huffington Post)
Video here: Medieval knight remains found in Edinburgh car park (scotsman.com)
much more, with pictures and links, at link aboveArcheologists this week announced the discovery of an unidentified medieval knight's skeleton buried along with several other bodies under a Scottish parking lot.
The knight -- or possibly nobleman -- was uncovered during construction work, according to The Scotsman. Also found was an intricately carved sandstone slab, several other human burial plots and a variety of artifacts researchers believe are from the 13th-century Blackfriars Monastery.
Councillor Richard Lewis, a member of the City of Edinburgh Council, said the archeological treasure trove has the potential to be one of the most significant and exciting archaeological discoveries in the city for many years, providing us with yet more clues as to what life was like in Medieval Edinburgh," according to a statement released by the Edinburgh Center for Carbon Innovation (ECCI).
"We hope to find out more about the person buried in the tomb once we remove the headstone and get to the remains underneath but our archaeologists have already dated the gravestone to the thirteenth century," Lewis added.
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Video here: Medieval knight remains found in Edinburgh car park (scotsman.com)