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Culture & Arts · WestminsterWestminster Abbey skeleton identified as medieval abbot
A skeleton found in a Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey, first unearthed in 1869, has likely been identified as Abbot Aelfwig, who died around 1020. New analysis suggests the tomb was reused in the late Saxon period.
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WorldArchaeologists recover near-complete V1 flying bomb engine in Kent marsh
Research Resource Archaeology uncovered significant parts of a German V1 flying bomb, including an almost intact Argus pulse-jet engine, at Chetney Marsh in Kent. The 1944 crash site offers rare evidence of wartime interception techniques.
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