The Biggest ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCAM of the Middle Ages

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Published on February 25, 2025 5:00:03 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDK0h91Ecs

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If you visit the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey in England you may find a sign pointing to the site of King Arthur's tomb. But is that really the tomb of the legendary figure? The history of this site will uncover a much murkier and darker truth.

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Primary sources, essays and insights:
Carley J. P., Glastonbury Abbey and the Arthurian Tradition, 2001
Giraldus Cambrensis, De principis instructione, c. 1193
William of Malmesbury, De antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae, c. 1129
William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum, c. 1135
Williams M., King Arthur in History and Legend, 1962

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Chapters:
00:00 The death of Arthur
01:40 The protagonists of the story
05:00 A Norman king and a fire
08:59 The tomb that saved Glastonbury

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