Remains of Five Archbishops of Canterbury Discovered Under London Museum
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Remains of Five Archbishops of Canterbury Discovered Under London Museum
The centuries-old remains of five archbishops of Canterbury were uncovered underneath a London museum by a construction site manager in what historians are calling an "incredible and astonishing" find.
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Karl Patten, the site manager for Rooff LTD, had no idea that he would make a major historical discovery when he took on the job. While lifting 3,300-pound stones one day in 2015, contractors came across a concrete block that lay atop a flight of stairs leading to a tomb.
"We got a camera at the end of a stick and discovered numerous coffins, and one of them had a gold crown on top of it," Patten said in a video posted to the museum's website.
The vault contained 20 coffins, one of which was identified as that of Archbishop of Canterbury Richard Bancroft, who led the committee that produced the King James translation of the Bible in 1611.
More including a video:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/remains-five-archbishops-canterbury-discovered-under-london-museum-n747196?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_nw
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