Medieval Archaeologists Hunt For King Arthur's Lost Bones | Myth Hunters | Chronicle

[@quentincollins1825]

Behind many an enduring myth is some small kernel of truth. No magick sword or watery tart, but no doubt a great warrior and leader.

[@user-McGiver]

the prophecy makes sense... we just have the wrong interpretation, it's the Iron Age, steel hasn't been invented yet, and you need a flat stone to carve the shape of a blade, and pure hot metal in it... if you know how to do it you don't get a wonder sword, but you can arm an army... but first, you need to know how to make charcoal, to raise the temperature up to melt the iron ore... so that's the only magic involved, turn the wood to charcoal, and the ore to a sword...

[@dormiegolf]

@@user-McGiverdude, he’s talking about the sword in the stone and the lady of the lake. not saying the sword was made by magic

[@theastral1909]

Oi! Who are you calling a watery tart eh? Be very careful....

[@meacadwell]

@@user-McGiverThere was a video made several years ago where they discussed this very thing. Stone was carved into a mold where molten metal was poured into it to make swords...the sword in the stone...and it morphed with all the oral retellings, like a game of telephone.

[@belziie]

100% stealing "watery tart" 😂 Genius stuff 👏👏👏

[@Stephanie-yv3kj]

Thankyou so very much for this ! Been studying all of this on my own for many years past !

[@katherineguthrie1558]

A few years ago there was a "Mini-Series" Called "The Mist of Avalon" it was really well done !!!

[@zoetropo1]

Avallon is in Burgundy.

[@bevil4aday]

The Mists of Avalon was written by Marion Zimmer-Bradley in 1982. I haven't seen the show you speak of, but I doubt it is as good as the book.

[@katherineguthrie1558]

@@bevil4aday I haven't read the book... The DVD is Really good !!!

[@Cymru13]

I still have the book

[@katherineguthrie1558]

King Arthur's Half sister was Morgan La Fae,& Arthur was sent to Merlin(A Druid ) Also Arthur's Aunt was "Vivan" (The Lady of the Lake)

[@kurtvanluven9351]

Coming from the MacKenzie clan we have a love/hate relationship with the Brits. I cannot seem to get enough of the history.

[@katherineguthrie1558]

@@kurtvanluven9351 Ya.,.

[@BRI-25040]

Sounds like talking tarn ?

[@BRI-25040]

​@@kurtvanluven9351Question: Maybe Scotland was Britania before it was Scotland. Maybe England was Britania, before it was England. maybe Wales was Britania before it was Wales? If you were a British celt,where would you fight the hardest if invaders' attack ? Let's say the Romans ,with divide and conquer in mind ?l would think it might be where the British celts seat of power (capital city) might have been,? Where in England did the Bonnie Prince claim the throne of England with backing of the people now know as the Scots? Could this have been Arthur's seat ,the ancient capital of the British celts? Is it where the four roads meet? Is there an Abbey Town near ,its said he left Guineveir to fight the green Knight? He's supposed to have rested his men on kings Hill just outside Abbey Town? The sarmation calvary wore copper armour, the armour was made up of small pieces of copper shaped like the scales of a fish ? When they charged they carried a funnel with fiery colourd tapers flowing like a flame ,and the whistling sounds like a screaming Dragon? What colour does copper go in damp weather, what's verdigris? Was the Sarmation calvary also called the Lizard men and fought for the Roman Empire? Was the 9th legion made up of Sarmation calvary and were they based at the British cells capital city? Did Arthur win back the capital city of Britania, and that's why we have London ?so where's he buried under a church maybe? So where's an Arthuret church, near to where the four roads meet, that Britania was ruled from ,the bonnie Prince claimed the throne of England, and the 9th Roman legion was based ? Are the Graham's the remnants of Arthur's men and defended the lands around the church right up into the 1920s know as the debatable lands ? Are the Armstrongs the descendants of Arthur'? Kin,mont Willie? My thoughts no facts please fact-check?

[@kurtvanluven9351]

@@BRI-25040 I know of the archeology findings. Much of this is difficult to pin down. Certainly the clues are written and may be strengthened by future discovery. Having Scotts roots, I believe it beneficial to continue looking. Thank you for your reply.

[@markbackus1449]

Excellent documentary.

[@MsMickeyness]

Gerald of Wales gives a very detailed account of the discovery of Arthur and Guenevere's bones at Glastonbury Abbey. rumour has it that the visiting pilgrims were stealing Arthurs bones as souvenirs and they had to be hidden away for many years. perhaps. judge for yourselves.. You can read Gerald’s account in De instructione principis, which has just been edited and translated by Gerald Bartlett as part of the Oxford Medieval Texts series.

[@zoetropo1]

However, that grave is fake.

[@hopefullyhigh]

When I was in Spain someone i the hostel i was at said there was a version of the aurthurian tale that ends in him getting turned into a crow and I'd really like to read that one

[@kelb6073]

I will need to look into that thanks

[@theastral1909]

This is correct. It is to do with the fact that Morgan Le Fey was his half sister who was heavily associated with ravens. Look up the nine morgans of Avalon. Geoffrey of Monmouth.

[@ggourmetmeals]

there you go : Julian del Castillo. History of the Goth Kings, published in 1582 . interesting that arthur's nephew is supposedly ablo to turn into an eagle also . and arthur's father if you remember was said to be able to change appearance . that's how arthur got to be born actually.

[@charliechap784]

If King Arthur really did exist and he was buried in Gladtonbury Abbey. Then I can already tell you what likely happened to his remains. Henry VIII removed them for his own "private collection" when he had the Abbey destroyed. Henry VIII was pretty obsessed with the Legend of King Arthur even believing he was his direct descendant. He would have believed his remains had mythical powers so there is absolutely no chance he would have allowed them to stay there.

[@martagaines7272]

I needed this. Thank you. All myths are based on something factual. I'm not saying all the magic was involved but everyone has had their own interpretation of "magic."

[@meacadwell]

True. If we took a flashlight back hundreds of years it would be thought of as magic.

[@JasonBourneSpeaks]

This is the story of Roland, Arthur is Roland from France, William the Conqueror from Normandy going to England to end the last country that held a people's vote, not allowing the Vatican to choose a king, but keeping the people as the final religious authority

[@AlanCole-c8w]

Very Interesting!

[@martagaines7272]

@@JasonBourneSpeaks actually the stories are supposedly Celtic and definitely brought up in Welsh stories. I understand the French were responsible for adding Lancelot to the story.

[@fion1flatout]

'magic' means 'great' and 'wizard' means 'wise'... No supernatural meaning. To make a steel sword, you start with iron ore which is stone, and you draw it out. You need to be a learned person to do it though!.... It's really a very simple story of technology if you add in the parts that poets don't understand 😅

[@madeleine7]

Thank you!!

[@JudyOwen-r8e]

I am proud to count myself as a believer in king arthur always have and im now 75

[@paulwary]

Lets not go to Camelot. Its a silly place.

[@CD-rk6lc]

It's only a model.

[@rcflightseeker3488]

😂

[@nycbigbear]

Excellent. But no one digs up an old grave at night except grave robbers

[@KingFluffs]

Anyone interested in Arthur should read Baram Blackett and Alan Wilsons research.

[@StanGraham1]

And Bill Cooper’s book, “After the Flood.”

[@cindycampbell3761]

There is an episode of the 90s Sci-Fi show "Babylon 5" entitled "A Late Delivery from Avalon." A man arrives at the station claiming to be King Arthur. I thought it was a really good episode

[@AlanCole-c8w]

Where there is that much smoke there is likely some kind of fire.

[@hiteshdsouza9615]

Thank you for the documentry :)

[@swiftymorgan3001]

How do u know he didn't exist, the legend of Arthur is needed more now than ever before for those of us true british

[@terryyakamoto3488]

Well said. Let's hope Arthur comes back to finally kick those Anglo Saxons out of Britain

[@williamcathcart7994]

Well, stand up man. There is a little Of Arthur in us all.

[@TheToxicWaltz121]

👏👏👏 exactly has everyone studied archology and history myths and legends usualy have some truth in them noahd ark,crystal skulls ,ark of the covenant ,especialy flood myths in most relegions .

[@lw3646]

The point is something is assumed to be untrue without any evidence it is. We already have inspiring figures in our history, Wellington, Alfred the Great, Churchill....

[@amalgamated-]

Anyone with French German and Welch ancestry can claim to be a true British!🤣🤣 that’s most of the United States..

[@badbiker666]

The recreation of Bligh Bond filling those "Magic Squares" looks an awful lot like modern Sudoku!

[@robbiemcc4355]

Fabulous ✌

[@vickiewallace415]

I love the part where everyone takes Arthur’s existence as fact.

[@One.DeSanctis.]

It is addressed when the two men are introduced right in the beginning, where it states the scientist is risking ridicule by going against received wisdom in his search for archeological evidence of a mythological figure. Rewatch the first 2 minutes of the documentary.

[@Nicksonian]

I hear that today, academic Great Britain wants to remove the Anglo-Saxons from history. The Anglo-Saxons came to the East of Britain about the same time as King Arthur may have existed somewhere in the west. Certainly there is far more evidence to the existence of the Anglo-Saxons as there was to King Arthur. I just saw a video today chronicling the middle fifth century’s years without the sun. They suggest that King Arthur and his court disintegrated because of the massive famine of those years.

[@amazingdoggo]

At least no one's claiming Merlin was a spaceman!

[@Andy_Babb]

For real lolol I just found Woodstocks birdhouse!!

[@Gandalf22476]

Yea it's a real name. Might sounds funny to a foreigner.

[@sunnydavidson297]

Legend has it that Arthur is buried beneath the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey.

[@zoetropo1]

There are many different legends about Arthur’s resting place. One places him under Richmond Castle. And therein lies one of the many clues to the true answer.

[@DillonDaVillain222]

​@@zoetropo1What is the clue? The story of Arthur has always been a favorite of mine.

[@Skooty68]

There never was a King Arthur

[@simonpayne8252]

No they faked that so they could get a lot of people to visit and donate

[@lw3646]

Legend has it.....

[@anxofernandez3344]

There wasn't an Arthur, at least not like he's been described in medieval literature. The guy that Nennius, Gildas or Bede mentioned would've been very different from the story told by Geoffrey Monmouth,vChrétien de Troyes, or Thomas Mallory. The myth is very likely the result of merging old legends with semi-mythical figures and real ones, as well as more or less mythicized events and places from several different time periods. It's not really possible to find the remains of the real Arthur if there wasn't a real Arthur, at least not exactly or not just one. There were descendants of Roman soldiers and officials, as well as many Welsh kings and chieftains in the 5th and 6th centuries, but not an Arthur, a Merlin, an Excalibur, a Round Table, a Camelot or anything like that, at least not like the books describe and probably not at the same time and the same place.

[@MrKedab]

i bet you're a bundle of joy at a party!

[@yensid4294]

Yep, & if as you suggested Arthur was a 2nd or 3rd generation Romano-Brit he might not have been Christian therefore not buried in a Christian tradition but cremated. So no body to find.

[@meacadwell]

@@MrKedabNot sure why you'd say that. What that commenter said was factual and, at a party, would start a very interesting conversation about the topic.

[@anxofernandez3344]

@@yensid4294 if there was a 2nd or 3rd generation Roman Briton from the Gens Artoria who participated in the Battle of Badon Hill or other battles against Anglo-Saxon Saxon chieftains and/or other Romans or Celts around 500 AD, he was most likely Christian. Romans had become Christian a couple of centuries prior, under Constantine The Great. Still, I doubt there would be THAT ONE man so relevant that he'd be buried there and called specifically King Arthur. Someone kind of important was buried there originally, possibly a general or a political leader. The only thing that confirms is that there was a period of conflict between groups of Britons and groups of Angles, Saxons and/or Jutes, who were still very much divided in the early 6th century in many different kingdoms who were not always friendly with each other, just like the Welsh kings.

[@anxofernandez3344]

@@MrKedab depends on the type of party and the people in there. I can also talk about sports, music, movies, TV shows...I have many different interests, that's why I only hang out with smart people who can talk about all those topics and more, so I can learn more.

[@zebedee5158]

Caitlin Green's work is really good on Arthurian myth especially from the Welsh sources, and useful as a touchstone for hopes of a 'kernel of truth'. On the upside post-Roman Britain is fascinating enough without an Arthur and the need to invent such a legend could be saying a lot about 9th century Britain.

[@xScooterAZx]

I still have photos of where Arthur and Guevere were supposed to be buries in the yard of the Abbey in Glastonbury. However it would seem their bones were removed so that no one would try to steal them.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very interesting

[@fmb1557]

There has never been prove that Arther ever existed. He’s supposed to have his castle and lived in Cornwall, Scotland, and wales. The monks of Glastonbury claimed they found his bones in their Abbey.

[@lw3646]

Yes check out the Michael Wood program, there's hardly a corner of Britain that doesn't want a piece of the legend.

[@zoetropo1]

@@lw3646 Perhaps Arthur went everywhere? :)

[@jjboswell5043]

Considering they're all Celtic countries (yes Cornwall was a country and some feel it still should be) and Wales and Scotland had a very close partnership for centuries it's not that surprising.

[@エレダー]

why everytime i hear of King Arthur i keep remembering Monty Python.....help!

[@perniciouspete4986]

Every time I hear "King Arthur," I want to make biscuits.

[@alisonarmstrong8421]

Cornwall a long time source of TIN since the bronze age, Greeks, Phoenician (Hebrew) traders went there for tin to make bronze; and Joseph of Arimathea is purported to have viited Glastonbury with his nephew Jesus; his hawthorne stick was thrust ino into the ground and still flowers there, twice a year.

[@sunnydavidson297]

The place you refer to is called Wearyall Hill. The holy thorn, a descendant of the original planted centuries, blooms on Christmas Day. Part of the kitchen and the Lady Chapel remain on the Abbey grounds.

[@morgomi]

"2:54" I wonder who might be those invaders? I would first try to pinpoint the time period and compare the bones of different "races" from the same period. If the Arthur legend originated in the period of the foreign invasion of Britain, there would be evidence of two different bone structures. And there must have been a battle. Britain is a place with "natives" and "foreigners", probably very close to King Arthur.

[@MrGozer23]

It is possible that Arthur's exploits mostly happened. However, like Ragnar lothbrok, the name could be a catchall for early heroic deeds. Ragnar existed somehow, but they don't know what real king he was.

[@kubhlaikhan2015]

Parts of your introduction are, I think, misleading. In the Roman period and the centuries thereafter, there was no sense of "the British" as a distinct people or "Britain" as a distinct realm. We were part of the westernmost division of the Roman empire and therefore a single state and culture with western France and the Low Countries. This is the context of the Arthurian legends and why they were preserved as much in France as in Britain. The conflicts against "foreigners" is not about an invasion of Britain but about the civil wars that caused the collapse of Roman unity and authority. Arthur, like his contemporary Aegidius in Soissons, restores Roman order for a time. So I don't know if people are looking for his bones in the right place, but they definitely aren't looking in the right place for his meaning.

[@tomrhodes1629]

Wonderful! I researched this subject for a book that I published in 2013, and this reinforced the information that I had found. I also found the Holy Grail, by the way, which was never a physical object but is one of the deepest of truths...along with the Philosopher's Stone, which must be found before one can find the Holy Grail.

[@pastorstephentucker4642]

I've always wondered what historical rrason people have for even thinking the grail existed after the last supper anyways ? I can't find anything, myths, legends, historical documents at all until more recent literature

[@viperexpress305]

The Vatican probably has King Arthur's bones in their secret achives ! 🤔 👑

[@philip2010]

Yes you may be right who knows what all they have in there archives down In the catacombs

[@kurtvanluven9351]

They are hogging many books as well.

[@TheToxicWaltz121]

Probably have most secrets there.

[@lw3646]

Rather difficult when he's a legendary figure who's burial place was unknown....

[@zoetropo1]

No, they don't. The Pope did meet Arthur, though.

[@golden1789]

Fantastic

[@jessiejames7492]

These scientists are brilliant. They never leave anything to chance. They dig and dig😀till they find the proof

[@zoetropo1]

Scientists don't seek proof. They create a hypothesis, then use it to make predications in an endeavour to disprove it.

[@Troy_nov1965]

Might find his bones buried under a shrubbery

[@WickedFelina]

Shrubbery, on either side of a little path and a white picket fence! Yes that would be lovely! Or! We will until you find King Arthur's grave and BRING US A SHRUBBERY!!! NEE! NEE! NEE!

[@Troy_nov1965]

@@WickedFelina One that looks nice, and not too expensive

[@randomvintagefilm273]

I never thought ancient architects built things based on coded numbers. I wonder why 111

[@amazingdoggo]

Do you mean why might the ancient architects have chosen 111 for their magic square totals? My guess is it that it might represent the trinity--one father, one son, one holy spirit. But I'm far from an expert on magic squares, medieval architecture, or medieval theology.... I am more inclined to wonder why the 111 was multiplied by 8.

[@carlnebrin]

@@amazingdoggo 888 stands for Jesus in Greek isopsephy

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

I really don't need all that bombastic music ! also I like to remind folk that there are probably 2 King Arthurs, the word ,'Artus', meaning Bear would be given to a big strong King who probably was christened with a completely different name. What is interesting is the fact that 2 times during the dark ages, there was an uptick in boys being named Arthur which usually happened when there was a good King on the throne.

[@legolasgreenleaf1961]

You got it mate! Arthun son of Magnus Maximus of the 4th century, accounts for the man who killed a Roman Emporer at Lyons. Arthwyr son of Meurig was the guy who fought the Saxons😉

[@EiSwe-i1c]

Will done

[@ginamills5597]

Isn’t his number puzzle what we refer to as sudoko now?

[@stephenellis5729]

How come every time I look up the family name Moreland I find a connection to Merlin but it’s never in a single documentary?

[@hakonsoreide]

Factual error: The Duke of Cornwall was dead _before_ Uther Pendragon slept with Igraine, he wasn't killed by Uther afterwards. This is important later in the story.

[@Stephanie-yv3kj]

I have read so very much , and have done my own form of studying on King Arthur , Merlin and believe this or not Joan of Arc ! I have found through an extreme amount of reading and studying these three people . I have found that all three knew eachother and believe this or not " TIME TRAVELERS " . Extensive reading and studying on these three amazing people ! I do not care if anyone believes me or not ! I have done extensive reading and studying . Especially on the subject of Joan .

[@DuncanHolland]

Bet she was an alien

[@thomasbell7033]

The question you must ask yourself is, What have I been reading and studying to draw such conclusions? When I was younger I disappointed myself several times with this question. I fell out with ancient aliens, sadly, at 16.

[@DuncanHolland]

Maybe we should all study the lost art of sarcasm.

[@Stephanie-yv3kj]

@@DuncanHolland I have missed time twice in my life ! Please refer to the Betty and Barney Hill story from the late 1950's. Also the Author , Bud Hopkins/his books. 🌬️💙🫂🌊🏄😯🙃

[@Stephanie-yv3kj]

@@DuncanHolland Hey , yes right . What the what ! I always say to myself as a joke , " guess what , keep guessing " ! 🤣 🌬️💙🫂

[@AndyHoward]

2:27 "On the contrary, I think strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is a perfectly legitimate basis for a system of governance." Or in this case: "some random bloke just happens to find a random sword stuck in a stone. Just because he managed to pull it out doesn't gibe you the authority to start claiming you're a king."

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Follow the myth, uncover the legend, chart the legend, uncover the history. Uncover the history, birth the fact.

[@ravenhill_of_yore_1968]

you dare argue with a knight?

[@benyaminlee1102]

Yeah

[@EarlyMusicDiva]

He was not afraid to die, oh brave Sir Robin!

[@judygreenwood4696]

Where is Monty Python when we need him? Watery tart indeed!

[@David-sk9vv]

Glastonbury, like Tintagel is nothing to do with Arthur! The sword in the stone, for example, all that means is how the sword was made by using stone to encase the metal and shape the sword; hence pulling the sword from the stone.

[@Tempashot]

Actually it’s more likely taken from the ‘sword ON the stone’ term. Because many of those ancient tribes used to worship ‘sacred stones’ and would often lay their sword/weapon upon the stone in offering or during prayer. Similar to how they would often cast swords into lakes and bodies of water as an offering to the gods. Which is most likely how the Lady of The Lake story evolved.

[@lw3646]

Or possibly the sword was taken from a saxon, similar in Latin to word for stone. Practice of throwing swords into lakes to was not uncommon. Water was seen as a gateway to another world.

[@2gulfalco]

Interesting, but I won't hold my breath til they find him 😅

[@jameskelly7782]

Arthur, ....likely a composite of several early feudal chiefs or leaders.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

They had Soduku! Who knew!

[@ftumschk]

... except they called it "Sir Doku" (of Camelot)

[@pennysmith2911]

I think there was a folklore character called King Arthur/whoever existed but he has been turned into a myth as well as his whole history. All has been mainly lost in the mists of time which makes him even more romantic and interesting. The country was different back then and Glastonbury tor was surrounded by water as were other areas. Perhaps even Avalon, which today could also be just another hill. Leave the myth alone. Leave people to dream of Arthur, Merlin, Camelot. Leave Arthur's bones and myth to sleep in peace.

[@gaius_enceladus]

I wish them luck but I think King Arthur was just a legendary figure. They probably have more chance of finding the Black Knight or the French taunters - "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second TAHM-UH!" :)

[@davidclarke9783]

Myths are generally true', - Joseph Campbell.

[@LeaveMyFreedomBe]

500 years from now, someone will be searching for the remains of Harry Potter.

[@NargisIftikhar-k1v]

Make a video on history of Palestine

[@lancelawrence7825]

Arthur= Grandson of Magnus Maximus...his 6'7" bones were left on top of stone table near Inverness! Where many leaders from past bones left to elements+1 ❤️

[@zoetropo1]

If they were Zoroastrians, yes.

[@Eideric]

I thought it was very nice of Bond to leave Radford his magnifying glass.

[@alexstewart9747]

I’m looking forward to the search for Clark Kent’s bones.

[@ElishebaDawn]

What if he was one of the mysterious Picts, before they came to Scotland or early on. Few look at that era. The mythology of it sounds like the ballads of the pictish era.

[@neatchipops3428]

Where there is smoke...

[@NotPoliticalCorrect]

I DO believe that theres a small portion of truth in the ancient myths .... Like the "myth" Ragnar Lodbrok .... historians say he never excisted ... yet the leaders of the great heathen army that invaded England claimed to be hes sons ..... 🤔🙄🤨 But still i believe a person with hes name HAVE excisted .... ofcourse minus hes battles with mythical creatures and such....

[@karenturnidge2721]

Arthur and guenivere are in my family tree. so th9s is very inerestin.

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

you are never going to find the remains of a person who never existed in the first place.

[@mm-yt8sf]

it's strange to think of people as long as the twelfth century being excited about discovering something historical.. i only imagine people of the past creating historical documents and events to be observed by us, but i guess in every time period people think they are in the modern present times and look back on famous people and events of the past. i guess i'm mentally stereotyping everyone in the past as a separate kind of mind frame 🙂no one ever woke up and said "another day in one thousand BC...i feel so historical! i wonder what BC means..." 😀

[@willowwisp357]

6th century English kings wouldn’t have the faintest resemblance to the Arthurian art of latter centuries. If the guy resembled anything it would be more like a Scottish clan leader from Highlander or Braveheart.

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

I just imagine him as a Roman governor.

[@zoetropo1]

@@noahtylerpritchett2682 Or a 'satrap'.

[@zoetropo1]

Arthur's bones were interred in Bury St Edmunds. It's likely they are charred. Avallon is in Burgundy; Ambrosius Aurelianus went there, not Arthur.

[@angrybadgerairsoft363]

King Arthur was made up by a monk in a book about the kings of England… he didn’t exsist like we all think. If he existed at all. The bones they search are not that of the King Arthur with Merlin and magic

[@M0R7_7]

Pretty sure it first was written in welsh mythology the rest is all made up by the French and English

[@pbee8335]

Gaslighting is what it is.

[@zoetropo1]

@@M0R7_7 No, because Geoffrey of Monmouth's manuscripts are centuries older than the earliest Welsh manuscripts that mention Arthur.

[@M0R7_7]

@@zoetropo1 yes and he’s a welsh monk. It’s a welsh mythology which goes back to welsh barbs and songs way before that. Then he wrote about it. Also check the mabinogion it’s a welsh mythology book that was written after it, but it’s all based on welsh stories and it mentions King Arthur in a lot of stories within

[@UrielShlomoGarcia-fi4yu]

Key Word; "Legend and Not Factual/ Historical."

[@johnwilson5637]

What I would like to know is how will the archaeologists KNOW that any remains found will be Arthur's?

[@parlertrick]

Without the origunal remains there is no way of knowing whether those graves where Saxon.

[@alanhindmarch4483]

The legend of Arthur may be True, but his name may not have been Arthur and He may have not been a King, but a warrior.

[@lw3646]

The earliest references don't say he was a king, just that he won some battles.

[@zoetropo1]

@@lw3646 The earliest manuscript references to King Arthur are Geoffrey of Monmouth's!

[@colleenwilburn8177]

King arthurs grave and gwenaveres grave are side by side in the glastonbury abbys south side yard. Teach that instead of a lie.

[@lw3646]

But she doesn't even turn up in the legend until the early 1100s, very much a later addition ti the story so it's almost certainly confirmation it's a hoax.

[@zoetropo1]

Graveyards are usually south of a church.

[@zoetropo1]

@@lw3646 The grave is a hoax, but the story of Arthur is a fictionalised account of famous 11th century people.

[@shellstars]

I wonder if Bond was Freemason?

[@rhuephus]

yeah ... I'm sure you're gonna find the remains of PUFF the Magic Dragon ...

[@Mezziah11.11]

My nan was madam Morgana heigh priestess of the house of Avalon.

[@cecilecochet5575]

Why not...

[@adifferentpointofview105]

I wonder why the monks chose to dig up Arthur's grave in the middle of the night

[@lw3646]

How did they know to dig on that exact spot?

[@terrymcnee3568]

Glastonbury Abby used the squared circle. well known to Architects

[@Hellsprite67]

Under a car park!!

[@trojanette8345]

It's baffling to me that anyone would ever believe that there would ever be any bones, still in existence 1400 centuries later much less even 6 centuries. Althought, the destruction of Glastonbury Cathedral does raise 1 question: In KH*'s quest to destroy this and many more churches and cathedrals did, such destruction ALSO include (specific) instructions for the disturbance of graves, too? I wonder.

[@EarlyMusicDiva]

There don't appear to have been specific official instructions under Henry VIII, but records indicate that Thomas Cromwell and his men, who were carrying out Henry's dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s, did indeed loot the graves of saints and kings, looking for anything of value that they could sell for profit. In the next century, when the Puritans/Roundheads went on their iconoclastic rampage, their objective was more specifically destruction for the sake of destruction, trying to eradicate everything that remained of monarchy or of any religious observances that didn't conform to Puritan ideas.

[@lw3646]

We have the bones of some people from that period but finding his specific bones unlikely.

[@originunknown3209]

Owain Ddantgwyn!!!!! 🛡️⚔️

[@finding_mojo]

A fool's errand. Don't they know his bones lie at rest in Avalon?

[@vincewhite5087]

I believe the monks found what Someone they thought was King Arthur.

[@neilhoganwa]

I can't believe they removed a skeleton with most of the bones still joined together. They would have been detached. the visuals are sus.

[@KingFluffs]

You're aware that's a recreation and not a recording from over a hundred years ago, right?

[@phil4193]

Scary music and narrator using the Scary Voice doesn't make archaeology more interesting to the casual viewer. It just makes the show look like it's edited for dumb people.

[@Andy_Babb]

Oh. The bones of the _real_ King Arthur. In other news, I’ve recently began excavating a location I’m certain contains physical remains of Clifford The Big Red Dog’s doghouse.

[@KingFluffs]

Really?!

[@jamesjohno1180]

I love how Americans come and try and tell British people their own history in the comments😂bro you have no history sit down

[@jakepotts102]

Other than implementing the single most effective (not perfect mind you) form of republic government in the history of mankind and saving Europe (twice) without which if you are British would be speaking German now so put some respect on those sinewy lips of yours when speaking of those "Americans".

[@sarahl6296]

Americans have British ancestry, among many others. Our history is intertwined, we just didn't stay under a king. Where do you think we came from?

[@jakepotts102]

@@sarahl6296 Of course we do and are closest of allies. But the good lad was saying Americans have no history which is not true. In the scope of history as far as timelines go USA history is fairly short but not uneventful by a long shot.

[@jakepotts102]

@@sarahl6296 also actually Americans have ancestries from all over the world. And all races and religions.

[@sarahl6296]

@@jakepotts102 that's why I said and many others. He acts like we all dropped here out of the sky and don't have ancestral history beyond america.

[@mm-yt8sf]

if he was mortally wounded does that meant he died and then they decided to take him to avalon? but...if they took him there to heal him then it sounds like he didn't die. and if the healing failed we wouldn't have known since they said his departure was that last we hear of him. i guess whether he died before going there or afterward of old age it doesn't really matter by now...but i was just confused by the terminology they used.. [oh! it also made me think of "avalon hill" the game company...i didn't know of the name's significance back when i first knew of the game company...nifty]

[@zoetropo1]

Geoffrey of Monmouth's story is muddled, as his contemporaries stated. Avallon is the town in Burgundy to which Riothamus went after Euric's ambush, circa 470.

[@oldhippiejon]

The Bear.

[@lw3646]

How did the monks know to dig in that exact spot? Lol .....

[@annanardo2358]

I believe King Arthur existed. Why would anyone take the time to make up such a story ??? It was said the Great flood never happened, then Noah's Ark was found on Mt. Ararat. The story of Arthur wasn't "legendary", it's real.

[@lw3646]

The Ark has never been found. The bible doesn't even say it's on the mountain, it says mountains. No thinking person believes the story is literally true either. A 600 year old man gathering up every animal on the planet........

[@kingrichardiii6280]

people make up stories all the time. especially to legitimatize nobles claims to ancestry. this is why maid marion was added to robin hood. to establish a family line to this legendary story. same with arthur. normans took the celtc stories of Arthur and romanticize them. pretty much saying "arthur is the ideal king and that is how we normans will rule". if i recall Elanor of Aquitaine was a fan of the romantic stories of authur.

[@lw3646]

To sum up this 50 minutes, did they find his body, no they didn't.

[@aresee8208]

Unfortunately, there's really been no new information in decades. Rather, there's only been reinterpretations and repackaging of already existing information.

[@rhuephus]

next up .. finding the "remains" of Hamlet and Macbeth...

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Actually, i happen to have his bones.

[@ravenfirestone3130]

Quit watching halfway through. Just a ridiculous amount of ads.

[@jasoncollins1702]

The word “famous” is an obvious pointer to a later date.

[@ladyflimflam]

The superstition is breathtaking