Roman sarcophagus inside Westminster Abbey originally held a different body
Popular Science · 20 Oct 2026

Roman sarcophagus inside Westminster Abbey originally held a different body

Published Oct 20, 2026 7:01 PM EDT A formerly inexplicable Roman sarcophagus discovered at England’s Westminster Abbey over 150 years ago is likely a rare example of medieval funerary recycling. Although archaeologists stopped short of definitively identifying who was buried inside, the team confide


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