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Judi Lynn

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2. Scientists liken Anglo-Saxon burial site to King Tut's tomb
Thu May 9, 2019, 06:31 PM
May 2019

James Brooks, Associated Press Updated 12:09 pm CDT, Thursday, May 9, 2019

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England (AP) — An underground chamber discovered accidentally by road workers appears to be the site of the earliest Christian royal burial ever found in Britain, archaeologists say, calling it the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of King Tutankhamun's tomb.

The chamber, uncovered between a road and a railway line in the southeastern English village of Prittlewell in 2003, turned out to be a 1,400-year-old tomb.

New details were published Thursday about the finding, which archaeologists say is the most important Anglo-Saxon burial discovery in more than 70 years.

Treasures unearthed at the site include a golden belt buckle, the remnants of a harp-like instrument known as a lyre, gleaming glassware and an elaborate water vessel from the eastern Mediterranean, perhaps Syria.

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https://www.chron.com/news/science/article/Scientists-liken-Anglo-Saxon-burial-site-to-King-13832432.php

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