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**After 150 Years, Scientists May Have Solved the Mystery of Westminster Abbey’s Roman Coffin**

By Taylor & Francis Group - Published on 27 October 2026

Radiocarbon dating and traces of a vanished wooden coffin suggest that a Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey became the final resting place of a medieval abbot. A Roman stone coffin at Westminster Abbey bears the name of a wealthy Briton who lived nearly 1,700 years ago. Yet the skeleton found inside appears to belong to [...]

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