© Press Association Winchester Cathedral where scientists believe they may have discovered the remains of an 11th century queen of England. The remains of an 11th century queen of England have reportedly been found in the first “royal mausoleum” discovered at Winchester Cathedral.
Scientists from the University of Bristol have been assessing 1,300 human bones from the Hampshire cathedral with the aim of matching the remains with the names of eight kings, two bishops and one queen whose titles are on six mortuary chests.
The researchers believe that some of the remains may belong to Queen Emma of Normandy who died in 1052 in Winchester.
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Scientists believe they may have discovered the remains of an 11 th century queen of England in the “first royal mausoleum” discovered at Winchester Cathedral . Scientists from the University of Bristol have been assessing 1 , 300 human bones from the Hampshire cathedral with the aim of matching
Bones held in mortuary chests in Winchester Cathedral could include those of an early English queen , researchers have found . University of Bristol biological anthropologists found they contained the remains of at least 23 More than 1 , 300 bones were reassembled and analysing the sex, age
The team of biological anthropologists from Bristol have since been attempting to assess whether the bones are related to the historical burial records.
A cathedral spokesman said: “This process involves recording the contents of the chests and determining the number of individuals represented, along with their sex, age at death and physical characteristics.
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Winchester CathedralThe six chests were though to contain the remains of 12-15 people, with When anthropologists from the University of Bristol found six mortuary chests in Winchester After learning about Queen Emma’s bones being discovered in an English cathedral ’s mortuary chests
Researchers begin analysing DNA from the 1 , 300 bones kept in Winchester Cathedral for centuries . image captionA reconstruction of Queen Emma's bones is on display but her skull is not completely intact making it For centuries bones believed to be the remains of Anglo-Saxon and
“Working in the Lady Chapel at Winchester Cathedral, which became a temporary laboratory, the researchers reassembled over 1,300 human bones, with the aim of restoring the identity of the kings, one queen, and several bishops traditionally thought to be within the chests.”
© Rex Features An 18th century engraving purporting to show Queen Emma, widow of Canute the Great, proving her innocence by the ordeal or fiery trail at Winchester in Hampshire The spokesman explained that 23 partial skeletons had been reconstructed, which is more than the remains of 15 people thought to have been contained in the chests.
The spokesman said: “The ability to identify the sex, age and physical characteristics of these individuals has resulted in some exciting discoveries, including the remains of a mature female dispersed within several chests.
“It is not yet certain, but these bodily remains could be those of Queen Emma, daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, the wife of two successive kings of England, Ethelred and Cnut, and the mother of King Edward the Confessor and King Hardacnut.
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The remains of an 11th century queen of England have reportedly been found in the first “royal mausoleum” discovered at Winchester Cathedral.
Pelvis bone was stored at Winchester City Museum after an excavation in the late 1990s - but could also belong to Remains of Alfred the Great were believed to lie in a grave in St Bartholomew’s Church in You wait centuries for the discovery of a royal body … and then two come along at once.
A centuries -old mystery surrounding the bones of King Canute could soon be solved by forensic Canute, the 11 th Century king who famously tried to command the tides, was buried in the cathedral but his The remains of Canute, Queen Emma and their son Harthacanute, along with other kings
© Getty Canute and Emma of Normandy “She was a powerful political figure in late Saxon England, and her family ties provided William the Conqueror with a measure of justification for his claim to the English throne.
“Completely unexpected was the discovery of two juvenile skeletons, adolescent boys who had died between the ages of 10 to 15 years in the mid-11th to late 12th-century.
© PA Scientists have been working to assess more than 1,300 bones found in the cathedral “Their presence in the chests was not recorded and their identity is still unknown, but they were almost certainly of royal blood.”
Professor Kate Robson Brown, who led the investigation, said: “We cannot be certain of the identity of each individual yet, but we are certain that this is a very special assemblage of bones.”
The cathedral spokesman added: “These discoveries could place Winchester Cathedral at the birth of our nation and establish it as the first formal royal mausoleum.
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The bones of an early English queen are believed to have been discovered in mortuary chests at Winchester Cathedral. Queen Emma of Normandy, who died in the Hampshire city in 1052, was the queen consort to two successive kings of England, Ethelred the Unready and Danish invader Cnut the Great, also known as Canute. She was also the mother of King Edward the Confessor and King Hardacnut of Denmark.
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Pompeii
The ancient Roman city was completely destroyed following Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 A.D. and was buried under volcanic ash for years. Located near modern Naples, in the Campania region of Italy, the ruins of Pompeii were discovered by Italian architect Domenico Fontana in 1549, but it was excavated only in 1748 by Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre. The artifacts discovered from the site reveal a lot about the city life during the Pax Romana era and skeletal remains of the victims suggest they died of heat and asphyxiation. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is a major tourist attraction in Italy.
Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta soldiers
Depicting the army of the first Emperor of China Qin Shi Huang, this collection of life-size sculptures dates back to the third century BC. They were discovered in 1974 by a group of farmers while digging on their farm in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. The huge collection includes thousands of clay soldiers, positioned according to rank, with each having a unique facial expression.
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Stone spheres of Costa Rica
These pre-Columbian stone spheres were first discovered by archeologists in the 1930s in the Diquis delta in Palmar Sur in Costa Rica. More than 300 of these have been unearthed and many have been moved from their original sites for research and some have been placed in museums. Made of granodiorite, a hard, igneous stone, the spheres were believed to have been arranged according to astronomical beliefs by the people of that era.
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The Rosetta Stone
Carved in 196 BC, the Rosetta Stone was found by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt in 1799. The rock stele is inscribed with a decree issued attesting to the generosity of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion is Demotic script, and the lowest is ancient Greek. Since it shows essentially the same text in all three scripts, the stone provided a key to the modern understanding of Egyptian symbols.
King Tutankhamun's tomb
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Edicule of the Tomb of Jesus
Researchers from the Athens Technical University revealed the original surface of what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in October 2016, unveiling it for the first time in centuries. The tomb had been encased in marble since at least 1155, possibly longer.
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The ruins of Göbekli Tepe
Founded about 11,500 years ago, the pre-historic site is considered as one of the first holy places ever build by humans. Located atop a mountain ridge in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of modern-day Turkey, it was excavated by a German archeological team under the direction of Klaus Schmidt from 1996 until his death in 2014.
The pyramids of Meroë
Located in the desert of Sudan along the banks of Nile River, this collection of about 200 small ancient pyramids are believed to be the tombs of the kings and queens of the Meroitic Kingdom, which ruled the area for more than 900 years. The pyramids were built between 2,700 and 2,300 years ago, with decorative elements from the cultures of Pharaonic Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Archeologists are still finding new pyramids in the region with 35 new structures discovered between 2009 and 2012.
Old Sarum
Archeologists from the University of Southampton discovered this Iron Age fort, buried under the ground inside a vast prehistoric fortress near Salisbury, England, U.K. in December 2014. Measuring 1,300 feet (400 metres) long and 1,180 feet (360 metres) wide, the mapping was done using state-of-the-art underground scanners and revealed a series of houses, industrial buildings and a courtyard.
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Saksaywaman
Located in the historic capital of the Inca Empire in Cusco, Peru, these are dry stone walls with boulders cut with precision and tightly joined without mortar. Their interlocking pattern still puzzles scientists - the blocks are so neatly assembled that it's impossible to slip even a piece of paper between the stones. In 1983, Saksaywaman was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List for recognition and protection.
Easter Island Moai statues
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Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin, presently located at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, is a length of linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have suffered physical trauma in a manner consistent with crucifixion. There is no consensus yet on how the image was created. Italian lawyer and amateur photographer Secondo Pia took the first photographs of the cloth on May 28, 1898. A French knight, Geoffrey de Charny, claims to have acquired the shroud in Turkey in the mid-1300s.
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Notre Dame cathedral in Paris looks like it did just before the flames appeared: a construction site. Rebuilding plans have begun and tourists visit. 
The remains of an 11th century queen of England have reportedly been found in the first “royal mausoleum” discovered at Winchester Cathedral. 
The bones of an early English queen are believed to have been discovered in mortuary chests at Winchester Cathedral. Queen Emma of Normandy, who died in the Hampshire city in 1052, was the queen consort to two successive kings of England, Ethelred the Unready and Danish invader Cnut the Great, also known as Canute. She was also the mother of King Edward the Confessor and King Hardacnut of Denmark. 
We’re so used to seeing royals doing normal things that it is almost refreshing to hear that the Queen does, in fact, use her status to her advantage, but in a slightly bizarre way. It has been reported that Her Majesty employs a servant to wear-in her shoes, so she doesn’t get blisters. According to stylist Stewart Parvin – who was granted royal appointment to Her Majesty in 2007 – the shoes “have to be immediately comfortable.” In an unearthed interview from The Sunday Times in 2012, Parvin revealed the odd royal privilege. 
He was a skinny teenager who weighed 112 pounds when he landed in Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Over the next 11 months, enduring scorching sun and frigid cold, 18-year-old George Ciampa and his companions from the 607th Graves Registration Company were responsible for the dead. © Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times They buried the bodies of German and American soldiers. If they were lucky, they were given gloves. 
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